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JOHN CABOT
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JOHN CABOT
JOHN CABOT
John Cabot wanted
to find a trade route
to trade with Asian
traders.
DATE OF BIRTH OF PLACE
He was born in 1450 in
Genoa , Italy.
He died in 1499 when
he was 49 years old.
EARLY YEARS
His actual name was Giovanni Caboto.
His dad was a spice merchant.
John was a shopkeeper in Venice, Italy.
He had three boys.
In 1490, he moved his family to England.
HIS SHIP
John Cabot’s ship
was named “The
Matthew”
He sailed across
the Atlantic Ocean.
ACHIEVEMENTS
He was looking for Asia.
He didn’t find what he
was looking for, but he
found Northwest North
America in 1497.
He explored the
coastline of Canada.
OTHER INTERESTING INFORMATION
Some thinks he died in England. Some say he
never returned from his second trip.
CONCLUSION
Even though John Cabot didn’t find what he was
looking for, he was the second European to find
North America (after Christopher Columbus).
