Transcript John Cabot

John Cabot
BY CARSON BLIETZ
John is a famous English explorer. He is
famous for discovering Canada and the
rest of the continent North America for the
English.
Cabots sponsoring nation was England.
The king of England was King Henery the XII.
King Henery only one small ship with 17
sailors.
John Cabots route to Canada was to first
sail north of Ireland then west across the
Atlantic Ocean. Finally on June 24, 1497
John Cabot and his crew of only 17 men
reached the “new” continent North
America.
When John Cabot reached Canada he
did not know he was in a continent
unknown to the English. He thought he was
in the Western Indies.
John Cabot went on two
voyages to North America.
John Cabots main motivation for
discovering Canada was trying to discover
a better trade route to Asia.
A few of John Cabots many impacts were
claiming land for England and spreading
information about his discoveries.
Nobody knows what happened to John
after his 2nd voyage but one thing is clear he
died soon after. Some say he died in a ship
wreck while coming home from his 2nd
voyage but others say he died soon after
he arrived in England
Bibliography
Social
Studies Alive! Palo Alto, CA: Teachers’
Curriculum Institute, 2010 pg.60.