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(exact date of birth not known.)
He was born around 1450 in Genoa Italy. -
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Moved to Venice with his family and went into trading spices. -
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Married a girl named Mattea. They had 3 sons, Ludovico Sebastiano and Sancto. -
Became a citizen of Venetian, and was naturalized.
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Moved to Bristol, England's sea port.
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King Henry the VII gave him permission to explore islands that he could take over.
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Boards the ship Matthew to sail accross the Atlantic, hoping to find a passage to the Indies and China.
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Arrives at at either Cape Breton Island or Labrador.
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Starts on sailing back home.
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He returned home and was given a gift of £10 for having discovered some new land. The king also gave him a pension of £20 a year.
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The fleet raches the east coast of Greenland. He named the area,Labrador's Land
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Given permission to take another voyage. Made a fleet of 5 ships and 300 men.
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Iceburgs made the journy hard. Some of the crew mutinied and refused to proceed North. He turned south along the coast of Greenland. He crossed the Davis Strait to Baffin Land to Newfoundland and followed the coast Nova Scotia and New England.
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The fleet sailed along the east coast of America past Newfoundland. One of the ships had damage and had to go to an Irish port. The rest of the 4 boats continued to sail.
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This is when John Cabot died.