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John Cabot

 

            
             On March 5 , 1496 King Henry gave John Cabot a charter giving him permission to sail North, East or West but not .
             South because that is where the Spanairds were to search of new land. John Cabot set out on his first voyage on May 2, .
             1497, a year later, from Bristol Harbor. John had a ship called the Matthew, named after his son, which sailed from England .
             and had a crew of 18 men. They headed northward for a short while sailing past the tip of Ireland, then they turned and .
             started sailing westward for about five weeks. He first sighted Newfoundland on June 21, 1497 which he thought at the time was .
             China.He returned to Englad on July 20, 1497 and informed King Henry of what he had discovered. King Henry was very pleased and .
             gave him an award of ten pounds and permission for a second voyage. John Cabot left on his second voyage sometime in the year .
             1498. He had with him four or five ships and about three hundred men. Little was known about this voyage but more than likely John .
             was shipwrecked and drowned. One thing is known, Cabot failed to return from his second voyage to the "New Founde Land".
             Jonh Cabot is famous for discovering Newfounland, people in England know him as we know Christohper Columbus. He so .
             important that every year the people of Newfoundland hold a celebration in his memory every year. The Cabot celebrations started on .
             May 2, 1997 in Bonavista. Some of the people that attend the Cabot celabration each year include Prince Phillip (the Duke of .
             Edinburgh), Queen Elizabeth ( queen of England), the Bishop of Bristol, the mayor of Bristoland the prime minister of Newfoundland, .
             Brian Tobin. Each year at the celebration the have a replica of John Cabot's ship the Matthew which sails fron Bristol to .
             Newfoundland and all arounf the island. They even have the Cabot Tower which is another way they remeber John Cabot and how he .


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