Warning: Use of undefined constant referer - assumed 'referer' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 102

Warning: Use of undefined constant host - assumed 'host' (this will throw an Error in a future version of PHP) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 105

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 106

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays:102) in /usr/home/essaywo/public_html/essays on line 109
John Cabot - College Term Paper

John Cabot

In 1497, an Italian sea captain, sailing under the English flag,
reached the coast of North America. may have been the first
European to set foot on this conttnent after the viking explorer, Leif
Erickson, who had landed there 5 centuries before. Joh Cabot's became the
basis for the English claim to America.
John Cabot's Italian name was Giovanni Caboto. He was born in Genoa
probably in 1451. Later, his family moved to Venice, where John Cabot
became a merchant. On one of his trading voyages, he visited Mecca, in
what is now Saudi Arabia. Mecca was a huge trade center, where products
from Europe and Asia were bought, sold, and traded. But the journey to buy
spices and other ...

Want to read the rest of this paper?
Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay
and over 50,000 other term papers

Henry VII.
John Cabot sailed from Bristol, late in May 1497, with a crew of 18,
on a small ship named "The Matthew." On June 24th, he landed somewhere on
the coast of North America, probably New Foundland or Cape Brenton Island,
in what is now know as Canada. John Cabot was positive that he had reached
the Northeast coast of Asia and excitedly sailed back to England to report
to the King.
Encouraged by the news, Henry VII gave John Cabot a small fleet and
sent him on another voyage in 1498. This voyage is surrouned by mystery.
It is believed that Cabot first sailed back to New Foundland and then went
south as far as Chesapeake Bay before storms wrecked most of his ships.
One ship may have reached the Caribbean Sea. For many years it was
believed that John Cabot survived this voyage and died later in England the
folowing year, but because of more recent evidence, historians now believe
that John Cabot perished when his ship went down in a storm in ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays.
Write better papers. Get better grades.

Already a member? Login

CITE THIS PAGE:

APA
MLA
Chicago
Turabian

John Cabot. (2008, January 7). Retrieved December 23, 2024, from http://www.essayworld.com/essays/John-Cabot/77106

"John Cabot." Essayworld.com. Essayworld.com, 7 Jan. 2008. Web. 23 Dec. 2024. <http://www.essayworld.com/essays/John-Cabot/77106>

"John Cabot." Essayworld.com. January 7, 2008. Accessed December 23, 2024. http://www.essayworld.com/essays/John-Cabot/77106.

JOIN NOW

Join today and get instant access to this and 50,000+ other essays

PAPER DETAILS

Added: 1/7/2008 06:54:35 PM
Category: Biographies
Type: Premium Paper
Words: 383
Pages: 2

Save |

Report

SHARE THIS PAPER

SAVED ESSAYS

Save and find your favorite essays easier