John Cabot

John Cabot
John Cabot (XV century)
Birth name	Giovanni Caboto
Birth	to 1450 Genoa or Gaeta ( Italy )
Deaths	after 1498 and before 1508 ?
Nationality	Venetian
Family	Ludovico, Sebastiano , and Sancho
Main findings	Grand Banks and Newfoundland
Country employer (s)	England
Buildings	Matthew
First shipment	2 May 1497
Last expedition	May 1498
Tribute	Cabot Tower in Bristol

Map ^sixteenth century land explored by Cabot.

Monument at Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland.

Giovanni Caboto ( 1450 - one thousand four hundred ninety-eight John Cabot), known in France , Quebec and New Brunswick under the name John Cabot is a navigator and explorer Venetian in the service of England. Ten years older than Christopher Columbus , he pursued the same quest: the search for the sea route to India by the West.

Biography

The birthplace of Cabot is uncertain: some think that he comes from Genoa near Naples. He moved to Venice as a child and be granted citizenship. He married a Venetian woman whom he had three son (Ludovico, Sebastiano , and Sancho).

In search of a route to the Asia , Henry VII of England seeks the services of John Cabot by letters patent of 5 March 1496 :

"Henrie, By The Grace of God, King of England and France, and Lord of Ireland, to all, To Whom Shall thesis presented come, Greeting - Be it knowen, That We Have Given and granted, and by these presents do give-thesis and grant for Us and Our Heyries, to Our beloved John Gabote well, citizen of Venice, to Lewes, Sebastian, and Santius, Sayde Of The sons John and To The Heirs of Them and Every of Them, and Their Deputies, and full Authorities free, leave, and Power to All Parties to Sayle, Countreys, and Seas of the East, of the West, and of the North, Under Our banners and Ensign, With five shipper, or quantitative Burden of What soever THEY bee : and as Many Men as gold mariners They Will Have With Them In "the said shipper, upon Their owne proper costes and charges, to seek out, discover, and finde, Whatsoever Islands, Countreyes, Regions, Provinces gold, Of The Heathens and Infidels , Whatsoever THEY bee, and in What parts of the World soever THEY bee, Which Have Been Before this time unknowen to all Christians. We Have Them aussi Granted to, and to Every of Them, The Heirs of Them, and Every of Them, and Their Deputies, and Have Given Them license to set up Our banners and Ensigns In Every village, towne, castel, yl, gold maine moorland of Them Newly found. And thats the aforesaide John and His people, or Their Heir and assigned, May subdue, occupy, and Possession, all Such townes, cities, castles, and yl, of Them founde, Which THEY CAN subdue, occupy, and Possession, as o vassailes and lieutenants, getting unto us The rule, title, and jurisdiction of The Same villages, townes, castles, social and heath firm found "

- The Voyage of John Cabot to America

Having persuaded the king that it was possible to go to the East Indies by the north-western America , it is to undertake an expedition for that purpose. His first attempt was a failure: Cabot does not go beyond the Iceland because of disputes with his crew.

On 2 May 1497 , the explorer left Bristol aboard the Matthew, a ship of 50 tons with a crew of 18 people including his son Sebastian Cabot. It made landfall on June 24 and explores the coast for some time before leaving for England. The precise location of its first berth is controversial, but the Canadian and British governments consider it arrived in Bonavista. In this case, he probably was the first European to set foot on the North American continent, but the lack of maps or travel journal raises questions about the veracity of the facts and Gaspar Corte- Real would be the first to discover the "new earth".

In the Cantino planisphere of 1502 (exhibit map which appears for the first time with a clear annotation, the most significant part of the eastern edge of the New World) arise represented as flags Portuguese, Greenland and Newfoundland. The map of Pedro Reinel , part dating from 1504 , shows clearly the dominance of Portuguese knowledge in reference to Newfoundland by his abundant names.

The following year, in May 1498 , Cabot resumes from Bristol for a new expedition and was lost at sea since that date, nothing appears on Cabot and references after all result from his son Sebastian.

Tributes

A replica of the Matthew in the port float Bristol in 2004.

Cabot is remembered in Bristol by " Cabot Tower , a tower 30 meters high, built of red sandstone in 1897 ^(the 400th anniversary of his landing) on "Brandon Hill near the center of the city as well as a replica of Matthew in the city and built a statue of the explorer in the harbor area.

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