In 1508-9 the British-born Venetian explorer Sebastian Cabot led one of the first European expeditions to the north of North America to find what?
Sebastian Cabot (explorer) Sebastian Cabot (explorer) Sebastian Cabot (Italian and Venetian: "Sebastiano Caboto", Spanish: "Sebastián Caboto", "Gaboto" or "Cabot"; c. 1474 – c. December 1557) was an Italian explorer, likely born in the Venetian Republic. He was the son of Italian explorer John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) and his Venetian wife Mattea. After his father's death, Cabot conducted his own voyages of discovery, seeking the Northwest Passage through North America for England. He later sailed for Spain, traveling to South America, where he explored the Rio de la Plata and established two new forts. Accounts differ as to Sebastian Cabot's place and date of
Sebastian Cabot (explorer) received much less attention in the twentieth century. But other documentary finds, as summarized above, have demonstrated that he did lead some exploratory voyages from Bristol in the first decade of the sixteenth century. A. C. H. Smith wrote a biographical novel about him, "Sebastian The Navigator" (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1985). Sebastian Cabot (explorer) Sebastian Cabot (Italian and Venetian: "Sebastiano Caboto", Spanish: "Sebastián Caboto", "Gaboto" or "Cabot"; c. 1474 – c. December 1557) was an Italian explorer, likely born in the Venetian Republic. He was the son of Italian explorer John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) and his Venetian wife Mattea. After