Best Known For Explorer John Cabot made a British claim to land
in Canada, mistaking it for Asia, during his 1497 voyage on the
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navigator John Cabot was born Giovanni Caboto in Italy around
1450. By 1495, he had moved to Bristol, England, with his
family. He made a voyage in 1497 on the ship Matthew and claimed
land in Canada—mistaking it for Asia—for King Henry VII of
England. "Sayled in this tracte so farre towarde the weste, that
the Ilande of Cuba bee on my lefte hande, in manere in the same
degree of longitude." Italian sailor and explorer John Cabot was
born Giovanni Caboto around 1450. In 1497, Cabot traveled by sea
to Canada, where he made a claim to land for England, mistaking
the North American land for Asia. Cabot was the son of a spice
merchant, Giulio Caboto, in Genoa. At age 11, his family moved
to Venice, where he learned sailing and navigation from Italian
seamen and