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    Giovanni Caboto is known as John Cabot in the English language. He was born in the year (c) 1450, in Genoa, Italy. He was a navigator and explorer from Genoa. He is famously credited as the first early modern European who discovered the North American mainland in the year 1497.

    In the year 1498 Cabot departed for an expedition with 5 ships under his command. The expedition was bound for Irish Port, however the team did not return back home. It has been assumed that he was lost at sea or probably died in a storm. He was assumed dead in the year 1499.
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