While argument still persists over his birthplace - Venice or Genoa - when he sailed for a British king, his name was anglicized to John Cabot. King Henry VII of England authorized Cabot to "seek ...

In October 2010 he located documents that confirm that Cabot was, as Ruddock claimed, financed by an Italian bank in London. Dr Guidi Bruscoli's discoveries include the location of a 1496 loan made to ...

The 15th-century explorer John Cabot was born in Italy but sailed under the flag of England, commanding what were thought to be the first European voyages to North America since the Vikings.

The Cabot Trail is named for explorer John Cabot, who sailed to North America in 1497. Cabot’s exact landing spot is debatable, but his spirit of discovery lives on in travellers who take the ...

In 1497 Italian explorer John Cabot was one of the first modern Europeans to discover North America. While voyaging in search of Asia he instead found a new land and called it... Newfoundland ...