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John Cabot was born in 1450 in Genoa, Italy. He was the son of a spice merchant, Giulio Caboto.
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John married a young woman named Mattea. They also had three sons; Ludovico, Sancto, and Sebastiano.
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John was officially a Venetian citizen in 1476 and began trading in the eastern Mediterranean.
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John left Venice due to some financial problems as a debtor in 1488.
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John Cabot was a Venetian explorer and navigator mostly known in the 1497s. He claimed land in Canada for England. After setting sail in 1498 he never returned and he's a mystery till this day.
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John traveled by sea from Bristol to Canada, which he thought he was going to Asia. John made a claim to the North American land for King Henry VII of England, setting the course for England's rise in the 16th,17th centuries.
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John left Bristol, England. He then went on a fast and able ship weighing 50 tons, with a crew of 18 men. Cabot and his crew sailed west and north.
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50 days into the voyage, John landed on the east coast of North America. People say historians believe that John landed at Cape Breton Island or some people call mainland Nova Scotia.
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The ship sailed for England and arrived in Bristol on August 6, 1497. John was soon rewarded with £20 and the gratitude of King Henry VII.
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John was believed that he died sometime in 1499 or 1500, but his body and fate still remain a mystery.