John Carbot

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Question1 Find two pictures of John Cabot, post it and Describe his appearance in 3-5 sentences

John Cabot was standing at the Viking Ship in the bigger picture. He looks somewhat old but mature. I think he was very stronge and tall. He was wering a orange .... that he seems comfident.

In the smaller picture John Cabot is asking his follower to do something important. He might be a very actice master and always do well in leadership.

2. Who is John Cabot? Tell me ten facts (real information) about him.

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1 John Cabot (about 1450-1499) was an Italian-born English explorer and navigator.

2 In Italy, he is known as Giovanni Caboto (which is his original name).

3 Cabot was born in Italy but moved to England in 1495.

4 At the request of King Henry VII of England, Cabot sailed to Canada in 1497, commanding the small ship called "Matthew."

5 Cabot landed near Labrador, Newfoundland, or Cape Breton Island on June 24, 1497.

6 One of John Cabot's three sons, the explorer Sebastian Cabot, accompanied him on this trip. Cabot claimed the land for England.

7 Cabot explored the Canadian coastline and named many of its islands and capes. The mission's purpose was to search for a Northwest passage across North America to Asia (a seaway to Asia). Cabot was unsuccessful, although he thought that he had reached northeastern Asia.

8 Cabot undertook a second, larger expedition in 1498. On this trip, Cabot may have reached America, but that is uncertain.

9 Cabot's expeditions were the first of Britain's claims to Canada.

10 John Cabot died in England in 1499.

3. Why is he important to Canadian history?

Because John Cabot explored North America for England in 1497 he sailed to what is now eastern Canada. There is some controversy as to where he landed. He disappeared at sea in 1498.

4. Why did he leave Europe?

Because Spain and Portugal were not interested in Cabots ideas So he want to leave Europe to find China or Japen

5. What happened to John Cabot?

With a great sense of adventure, John Cabot approached the kings of Spain and Portugal for sponsorship that would enable him to get an expedition together to similarly explore a new route to the orient by sailing west.

Cabot had met many English merchants trading in the Mediterranean, and there was a large Italian community at that time in Bristol, so he decided to go to England and seek sponsorship from King Henry VII

Cabot left Bristol on his ship the Matthew and sailed west with the intention of finding China or Japan.

Instead, he discovered the “New Founde Landes” which we now know of course as Newfoundland, Canada.

He and his companions then set sail south, travelling over nine hundred miles down the east coast of north America before turning east and back to England

Arriving back in Bristol on August 5th 1497, he was acclaimed as a hero by his sponsors and became a major celebrity in Bristol. The King was extremely pleased to hear of Cabot’s adventures and paid him 10 for his discovery of the “new founde landes” and suggested that Cabot make a return journey to find out more of the new continent

Sadly, John Carbot did not return from the second expedition...We don't know the reason of his death.He may have perished in a storm, or hit an iceberg. That's too bad!

That's the end of John Carbot.

6. When John Cabot reached Newfoundland's Grand Banks, he was surprised to find the large supply of cod.

Find a picture of cod and post it up on your blog

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7. Watch this clip. What did you learn from the video clip? Write 5-8 sentences.

I learned a lot from this video.

Cristoforo Colombo is the moet important person who affects John Carbot. After Colombo coming back from serching New Land, John wanted it, too.

He lesded his Viking Ship for a month and foud a beautiful land called Newfoundland as we konw in Canada.

He became a hero when he came back. People loved him.

But he dead during his second expedition. Nobody konws why and when....

That's a kind of tragedy.

Bonus1. What does his ship "Mathew" look like? Post a picture and include the web address where you got it from.
picture from cmhg-phmc.gc.ca