John Cabot, aka Giovanni Caboto, strikes out into the North Atlantic to become the first European to land in North America since the Vikings.
On his next voyage, Cabot would lead of fleet of ships west – only to have them disappear forever.
Sources
Bristol University’s Cabot Project is the most comprehensive site for all things Cabot. There are links to various research papers, analysis and much more.
The John Day letter is a rare original source item. It is pretty much contains the only mention of Cabot’s first voyage.
As always, Wikipedia provides a great amount of information about Cabot.
Replica of Cabot’s ship Matthew.
All images from Wikipedia.
