John Cabot Research Paper

Giovanni Caboto, more commonly known as John Cabot, was born in Genoa, Italy in approximately 1450. He lived with his father and brother, Giulio and Pierro Caboto. His father being a spice merchant, they were a fairly wealthy family. John helped his father trade spices n Genoa for most of his childhood, but it was when he moved to Venice, around 1461, at eleven years old, that he began to form into the famous explorer that he was.

When Caboto arrived in Venice, he began learning from local seamen and traders. They taught him to navigate, sail, and draw maps (cartography) which set him on the track to exploration and discovery. Meanwhile, John was accepted into the St. John Evangelist school, where he was taught mathematics. He lived in Venice for many years, and during that time he met a girl named Mattea, whom he married in 1474. Mattea fathered three sons of John’s: Ludovico, Sancto, and Sebastiano Caboto.

John’s career as a tradesman really kicked off in the 1480’s, when he began to trade in the East Mediterranean area, …show more content…
Over the next three months, he prepared for an even longer voyage, with five ships and plenty of supplies. One year after setting off on his first voyage, John Cabot set off again across the Atlantic Ocean; this time, however, John did not return. It is has been believed that his ships were caught in a storm at sea and he died there, but new evidence suggests he may have completed his second voyage and returned to England. Either way, John’s legacy lived on. His son Sebastiano took up exploration after his father, and he also was given patent from King Henry Ⅶ. Finally, it is not fitting to forget that John Cabot is credited with being the first European to set foot in the America’s, and that he claimed Newfoundland for King Henry. John may not have spent very many years as an explorer, but that does not discredit his significant findings in the