00:00Jean Cabot, born Giovanni Caboto, and called John Cabot in English, was born around 1450 and died
00:06in 1498, is a Venetian navigator and explorer in the service of England from 1496.
00:13Ten years older than Christopher Columbus, he aspired, like him, to discover a route from Europe to the
00:18'Asia across the Atlantic Ocean and reached the Newfoundland region in 1497.
