Named Entity Results, John Cabot

Cabot 1476-1557 The name of a family of explorers intimately connected with the history of America. Cabot, John John Cabot is supposed to have been born in Genoa, although some historians have claimed Venice as his birthplace. There is eJohn Cabot is supposed to have been born in Genoa, although some historians have claimed Venice as his birthplace. There is evidence that for fifteen years prior to 1476 he resided in Venice, and in that year formally became a citizen. Subsequently he removed to Bristol, England, and engaged in mercantile business. With a view of finding a shorter route to India, Hudson Bay where Cabot sought a Northwest passage. Sebastian Cabot he determined to attempt a northwest passage. To further his undertaking he secured from Henry VII. a patent for the discovery of any unknown lands lying in either the eastern, western, or northern seas. Cabot, Sebastian Sebastian Cabot, the second son of John Cabot, was born in Bristol, England, in 1477. As his name appears in the petition of his father to Henry VII. for the patent above mentioned, it is believed that

Horsford, Eben Norton 1818-1893 Educator; born in Moscow, N. Y., July 27, 1818; graduated at the Rensselaer Institute in 1838; connected with the Albany Female College, Newark (Del.) College, and Harvard University. He resigned his office in Harvard in 1863 to go into business. He is the author of Indian names of Boston; On the landfall of John Cabot in 1497; Zeisberger's Indian dictionary; The discovery of America by the Northmen; The problem of the Northmen; The discovery of Norumbega; The defences of Norumbega, etc. He died in Cambridge, Mass., Jan. 1, 1893.

Maine, This most easterly State in the Union was admitted in 1820. Its shores were first visited by Europeans under Bartholomew Gosnold (1602) and Martin Pring (1603), though it is possible they were seen by Cabot (1498) and Verrazano (1524). The French, under De Monts, wintered near the site of Calais, on the St. Croix (1604-5), and took possession of the Sagadahock, or Kennebec, River. Captain Weymouth was there in 1605, and kidnapped some of the natives; and in 1607 the Plymouth Company sent emigrants to settle there, but they did Seal of the State of Maine. not remain long. A French mission established at Mount Desert was broken up by Samuel Argall (q. v.) in 1613, and the next year Captain Smith, landing first at Monhegan Island, explored the coast of Maine. The whole region of Maine, and far southward, westward and eastward, was included in the charter of the Plymouth Company, and in 1621 the company, having granted the country east of the St. Croix to Sir William Al

.1495-96 Returns to Spain to meet charges; reaches Cadiz......June 11, 1496 Patent from Henry VII. of England to John Cabot and his three sons......March 5. 1495-96 John Cabot discovers the North American continent......June 24, 1497 ColJohn Cabot discovers the North American continent......June 24, 1497 Columbus sails with six ships on his third voyage, May 30; discovers Trinidad, July 31; lands on terra firma without knowing it to be a new continent, naming it Isla Santa......Aug. 1, 1498 Discovers the mouth of the Orinoco......August, 1498 Alonthe Pinta in the first voyage of Columbus. Attempts to deprive Columbus of the discovery, is baffled and disgraced.] Cabot, John, Venetian, date of birth and death unknown. In the service of Henry VII. of England, discovers the mainland of North America (supposed coast of Labrador)......June 24, 1497 Cabot, Sebastian, son of John, born in Venice in 1475 (?), died in London about 1557; discoverer of Newfoundland and explorer of North American coast......1498-1517 Vespucci, Amerig

d Narraganset, and the harbor of Boston. In the Strozzi library at Florence is preserved a cosmographic description of the coasts and all the countries which he visited, from which it is evident he was in search of a northwest passage to India. The region of America which he visited he called New-France. The authenticity of his letter to Francis I. has been questioned by American writers, who suppose that it was forged by one of his countrymen anxious to secure for Italy the glory due to Cabot for the discovery of the North American Continent. It is possible that Verrazzano the corsair was not Verrazzano the navigator. Some writers say that the latter sailed again for America in 1525, and was. never heard of afterwards; while it is known that Verrazzano the corsair was executed in Puerto del Pico, Spain, in 1527. Verrazzano's voyage, 1524. Giovanni da Verrazzano, who commanded the first French expedition to America sent out under royal auspices, was, like Columbus, who sai

Waldseemuller, Martin 1470- Cosmographer; born in Fribourg, Germany, about 1470; published an Introduction to Cosmography, with the four voyages of Americus Vespucius (1507), in which he proposed the name of America to the region discovered by Columbus and Cabot. He died about 1530.