Learn about John Cabot’s route, re-discovery of Newfoundland for the English, and his accomplishments. Read about John Cabot’s goals for his 1497...
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John Cabot, navigator and explorer who by his voyages in 1497 and 1498 helped lay the groundwork for the later British claim to Canada. His voyages were commissioned by England’s King Henry VII, and the effect of Cabot’s efforts was to reveal the viabi
Jacques Cartier, French mariner whose explorations of Canada’s coast and the St. Lawrence River laid the basis for French claims to North America. His failure to proceed farther, his treacherous dealings with the Iroquois, and his leaving Jean-Francois
European exploration: early voyagesMap depicting the European exploration of the New World in the 15th and 16th centuries, including the voyages made by Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Alonso de Ojeda and Amerigo Vespucci, Pedro Álvares Cabral, Ferdinand Magellan and Juan Sebastián del Cano, Gi...