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__Background__  **   Born:1450? in Genoa, Italy. He was a citizen of Venice from 1476 and needed to go to school to help his uncle and his spice trains. Cabot learned a lot about ships and voyages in school until he was ready to be a sailor. Cabot was an excellent navigator. At first, Cabot wanted to be a ship captain but after school, he wanted to be an explorer. Died 1498?   Some sources say that he died in 1499. He also had 3 sons, one was also a navigator named Sebastian Cabot.

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=== John Cabot figured out how important his uncle's spice trains were so Cabot decided to help his uncle. He wanted to be an explorer and find a sea route to the Orient.John Cabot arranged a meeting with the King of Spain and of Portugal to allow him to search for a route to Asia. Both kings refused to grant Cabot a charter so John Cabot went to King Henry VII of England. King Henry granted Cabot a charter and sent him on a voyage to search for a route to the Orient. Henry VII wanted Cabot to search a northwest passage in order to avoid the Spanish and the Portuguese waters. Cabot left on his ship the //Matthew.// The reason he wanted to go to Asia was because it was his dream to sail for unknown places at the west. ===


=== John Cabot was commisioned by King Henry VII to find new lands and a north-west passage to Asia on behalf of England. Unlike other explorers, he was funded by merchants and not the king. Cabot left Bristol, England on May 2, 1497 on //The Matthew.// He sailed on a northwest route. He eventually reached the coast of Newfoundland on June 24.Thinking that he had reached Asia, he claimed the land for England. He sailed the rugged coast for another month before returning to England. Cabot then sailed southward along the coast for about three weeks. He landed from time to time, then returned to England. King Henry VII sent Cabot to explore further in 1498 with 300 men and 5 ships. Unfortunately, there was a large storm, and one of Cabot's ships had to stop when it got to Ireland. The rest of the ships went on but were never heard of again. So, Cabot supposedly died at sea. On this voyage he also made another discovery, the Grand Banks fishing ground, where fish were so plentiful that you could scoop them up with a basket. Cabot returned with a boat full of fish and became a hero. ===


===  Cabot was a very skilled navigator and explorer but like all explorers, he had many problems. Cabot sailed into a storm two of three days before finding land. Also, on Cabot's second voyage in 1498, this time, he had 5 ships and 300 men, Cabot sailed into another storm and one ship turned back to and landed on Ireland. Cabot sailed on and was never heard of again. ===

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=== After the Treaty of Tordesillas (a treaty when Spain had some part of South America and Portugal had the rest). The English and the French didn't like this. This is why the king of England allowed Cabot to sail for a route to Asia.Th e settlers did not stay in Newfoundland all year long because, for the whale hunters, if they stayed to long their boats would get trapped in the ice. They also would not have enough food to last all winter long. Some of the whale hunters would get sick and die, so they would return home to Europe before the weather got too bad. For the fishermen, they would have to leave before the weather got bad and in the spring they would come back to the same harbour. ===

__ Bibliography Websites __
John Cabot. Compton's by Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica. 2005. eLibrary. Proquest CSA. BAYVIEW GLEN SCHOOL. 02 Apr 2008. <[|http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/curriculumca>.Cabot], John. Junior Canadian Encyclopedia (2002). Historica Foundation of Canada. 2002. eLibrary. Proquest CSA. BAYVIEW GLEN SCHOOL. 02 Apr 2008. <[|http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/curriculumca>.PARSONS], JOHN. Cabot, John. Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Foundation of Canada. 2002. eLibrary. Proquest CSA. BAYVIEW GLEN SCHOOL. 02 Apr 2008. <[|http://elibrary.bigchalk.com/curriculumca>.CABOT], JOHN AND SEBASTIAN. Young Students Learning Library. Newfield Publications. 1996. eLibrary. Proquest CSA. BAYVIEW GLEN SCHOOL. 02 Apr 2008. 

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__Now here's a quiz to test your knowledge on John Cabot__ 1. Where was Cabot born? a) Venice b) New Found Land c) Genoa

2. What was the name of Cabot's ship? a) The Matthew b) The Santa Maria c) The Henry

3. When did Cabot land? a) June 1st b) June 24th c) July 13th

4. Which country did Cabot sail for? a) Portugal b) England c) Spain

5. What did Cabot first want to be? a) an explorer b) a merchant c) a ship captain

6.How many sons did Cabot have? a) 5 b) 3 c) 1 By: Megan and Luke from P6A Taylor and Yousef from P6B Ashley and Justin from P6C