Cabot set a more northerly route then Columbus, settling into higher Atlantic currents. Four and a half weeks later he sighted land. On St. John's Day -- June 24, 1497 Cabot set into a bay and ...

On completion of sea trials, the future CCGS John Cabot will be prepared for an anticipated delivery to the Canadian Coast Guard in September before sailing to her home port St. John’s, N.L ...

John Cabot left Bristol in 1497 and landed 3,000 miles later in what is now North America Volunteers on the ship The Matthew of Bristol have been honoured with the Queen's Award for Voluntary Service.