Sebastian Cabot
Region | Occupation | Born | Died |
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Europe, North America | Mariner | 1584 | 1640 |
Son of the Venetian mariner John Cabot, whom he may have accompanied on his 1497 voyage to Nefoundland. Several subsequent American voyages on his own,including one in 1507-08 back to Newfoundland, sponsored by Bristol merchants. After 1510, largely in employ of Spanish crown. One voayage to South America in 1524 backed by Seville merchants.
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Robert A. McCaugheyImages
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