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John Cabot, Italian Explorer

Portrait of John Cabot by Manescardi in the Doge's Palace in Venice. John Cabot (1450-1499) was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America is commonly held to have been the first European encounter with the continent of North America since the Norse Vikings in the eleventh century. The official position of the Canadian and United Kingdom governments is that he landed on the island of Newfoundland.
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John Cabot, Italian Explorer
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Portrait of John Cabot by Manescardi in the Doge's Palace in Venice. John Cabot (1450-1499) was an Italian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of parts of North America is commonly held to have been the first European encounter with the continent of North America since the Norse Vikings in the eleventh century. The official position of the Canadian and United Kingdom governments is that he landed on the island of Newfoundland.
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Album / Science Source / New York Public Library
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3117 x 3680 px | 32.8 MB
Print size:
26.4 x 31.2 cm | 10.4 x 12.3 in (300 dpi)
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