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More than a week after the vessel first set out, the winds were finally favorable. The ship weighed anchor and sailed for New England. Governor John Winthrop and approximately 300 English Puritans were on board. They were leaving their homes in England to settle in a fledgling colony â Massachusetts Bay â on the other side of the Atlantic.
He discovered and claimed North America in the name of King Henry VII of England. He was the first modern European to land on the mainland of North America. Date Event 1450 John Cabot is born. John Cabot is born in Italy around 1450 and is thought to be the son of a Genoese spice merchant. Known by several different names in Europe, he refers to himself as Zuan Chabotto. 1471 Cabot moves to Venice. Cabot is accepted into the prestigious confraternity of St John the Evangelist.