However, his father, John Cabot, who introduced his son to this adventurous life, might not be as familiar. John Cabot is a key figure in a strong controversy regarding the discovery of North America.

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Was John Cabot the first European to discover America? How did the continent get its name? Peter Macdonald unravels a 15th-century story and challenges conventional thought. There are two key ...

John Cabot The first documented European to arrive in North America after the Norse was Giovanni Caboto. While argument still persists over his birthplace - Venice or Genoa - when he sailed for a ...

Rodney Broome says 'Amerike', as the continent was known in the 1500s, was not inspired by Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, as previously thought. Instead he claims the country was named after ...

An investigation worthy of a Dan Brown novel has shed new light on the voyages of John Cabot,‭ ‬the Italian navigator and explorer, revealing that he may have‭ ‬had‭ ‬knowledge of ...

Columbus died a broken man in Spain in 1506, believing after five voyages that he had not discovered North America but had merely found a route to Cathay. Cabot, like Columbus, organized a return ...

History tells us Columbus discovered America in 1492 and, five years later, John Cabot reached the mainland of North America before Columbus could claim South America for Spain. What if new ...

But who was the Italian-born adventurer who got lost on the way to Asia and discovered North America, and what is his connection with Bristol? John Cabot - or Giovanni Caboto in Italian, meaning ...