John Cabot Essay
John Cabot is who I chose for my essay. I chose him because he seemed a interesting choice and I wanted to learn about someone new.
John Cabot was born in c. 1450 and died in c. 1499. He became an explorer because when he was eleven he moved to Venice from Genoa and learned sailing and navigation from Italian seamen and nearby merchants. His father, Giulio Caboto was a spice merchant. In c. 1474 John Cabot married a girl named Mattea and later in life had three children, Ludovico, Sancto, and Sebastiano (who became another explorer and followed his father’s footsteps. In c. 1476 John Cabot was a Venetian citizen and started trading in the Eastern Mediterranean.
In May 1497 Cabot began sailing to America, from Bristol, England, on a ship called the Matthew. The Matthew was a fifty ton ship that could move quickly with a crew of eighteen men. Cabot and the crew sailed west and north because Cabot believed that sailing to Asia would be faster from north Europe than Christopher Columbus did on the trade wins. Fifty days into the voyage, John Cabot landed on the east coast of North America, around Cape Breton Island, which is near Maine. John Cabot then proceeded with a small amount of men and claimed the entire continent for the King of England. …show more content…
John Cabot was believed to be lost at sea, but new research shows that may not be the case. Documents have some indication that say John Cabot was in England in 1500. If this is true then Cabot and his crew survived the second voyage that they were given. Historians have also found documents that say he was exploring the eastern Canadian
John Cabot was born in c. 1450 and died in c. 1499. He became an explorer because when he was eleven he moved to Venice from Genoa and learned sailing and navigation from Italian seamen and nearby merchants. His father, Giulio Caboto was a spice merchant. In c. 1474 John Cabot married a girl named Mattea and later in life had three children, Ludovico, Sancto, and Sebastiano (who became another explorer and followed his father’s footsteps. In c. 1476 John Cabot was a Venetian citizen and started trading in the Eastern Mediterranean.
In May 1497 Cabot began sailing to America, from Bristol, England, on a ship called the Matthew. The Matthew was a fifty ton ship that could move quickly with a crew of eighteen men. Cabot and the crew sailed west and north because Cabot believed that sailing to Asia would be faster from north Europe than Christopher Columbus did on the trade wins. Fifty days into the voyage, John Cabot landed on the east coast of North America, around Cape Breton Island, which is near Maine. John Cabot then proceeded with a small amount of men and claimed the entire continent for the King of England. …show more content…
John Cabot was believed to be lost at sea, but new research shows that may not be the case. Documents have some indication that say John Cabot was in England in 1500. If this is true then Cabot and his crew survived the second voyage that they were given. Historians have also found documents that say he was exploring the eastern Canadian