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Giovanni Caboto (c. 1450 – c. 1499), known in English as John Cabot, was an Italian navigator and explorer commonly credited as the first early modern European to discover the North American mainland, in 1497, notwithstanding Leif Ericson's landing (circa 1000).

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Cabot Tower (Bristol), distant view
Cabot Tower (Bristol), close up
Cabot Tower (Bristol), extreme close up. Notice the CCCC on the turret (meaning 400)
Cabot Tower (Newfoundland) postage stamp
John Cabot Stamp.
Letters patent for a voyage to discover new lands granted to John Cabot and his three sons by the king of England, Henry VII, at Westminster on March 5, 1496. Letters patent for a voyage to discover new lands granted to John Cabot and his three sons by the king of England, Henry VII, at Westminster on March 5, 1496.
A replica of the Matthew in Floating Harbour,Bristol

Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
This article incorporates material from http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/cabot.html . Copied with permission.
Catholic Encyclopedia "John & Sebastian Cabot"
Gibbons, Henry K. 1997. The Myth and Mystery of John Cabot: The Discoverer of North America. Marten Cat Publishers, Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland. Preface and first chapter
Derek Croxton, The Cabot Dilemma: John Cabot's 1497 Voyage & the Limits of Historiography, 1990-1991
The John Day Letter 1497-1498
Home page of the Matthew replica with information about Cabot and the voyage.
John Cabot memorial Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia
Script about Vespucci's and Caboto's voyages
Preface and first chapter *Gibbons, Henry K. 1997. The Myth and Mystery of John Cabot: The Discoverer of North America. Marten Cat Publishers, Port Aux Basques, Newfoundland.