EXPLORERS - John Cabot  - Part 2 (of 3)

John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) was born Italy, but was sent by France Spain England to explore the new world. Like Columbus who sailed five years earlier, Cabot thought he could find a better route to the riches of Asia by heading south west east across the ocean instead of east over land. Henry VII of England granted Cabot a charter an army a pot if gold and gave him one small ship less than 70 feet long called the Matthew and a crew of 18 men.
In 1697 1497 1597 , Cabot and his men set sail on a route north of Columbus's route and landed on the coast of Virgnia Iceland Canada . Like Columbus before him, Cabot believed he landed in Canada Asia Europe . He named the island 'New Found Land.' When Cabot returned to England, he told everyone he reached Cathay (China). He became an English hero and 'Giovanni Caboto' was given the English name Mighty One John Cabot Great Explorer . Not everyone was convinced that Columbus and Cabot had landed in Asia reached the New World found so many fish , and within a few years other explorers set out to prove them right crazy wrong Cabot was the second first last explorer from England to reach the New World, but many others would soon follow.