Recommended
More Related Content
Similar to John cabot
Similar to John cabot (9)
Recently uploaded
Recently uploaded (20)
John cabot
- 2. John Cabot was an _______________ born English explorer. His given name was ___________________. He lived from about ________ to ________. Cabot spent many years traveling from ___________ to ____________ to buy ____________. 1450 Italian 1498 Italy Asia spices Giovanni Caboto
- 3. He moved to _____________ and became an expert sailor. Cabot _____________ and had ________ sons. He eventually settled with his family in _____________. Venice married three England
- 4. Cabot is thought to be inspired by explorers like _______________ and believed that by sailing west from Europe, he could be find a shorter route to ____________. He asked the king of England, ________________, for financial backing for an expedition. Columbus Asia Henry VII
- 5. Cabot’s first voyage, in 1496 or 1497 ended in _______________. Not much is known about this trip but bad ________________ is thought to have been the cause. He convinced his _____________ to fund a second voyage, again backed by King Henry VII. failure weather investors
- 6. He set sail in May of _________ aboard his ship, the _____________. He was hoping to find a Northwest passage to the Indies and China. He arrived on the east coast of ___________ _____________ in about 50 days. He claimed the land for England. 1497 North America Matthew
- 7. This land though was not filled with the riches he dreamed of. It was mostly __________________. When he returned to England, the king gave him a large _______________. However, he was not truthful. He told the king he found a land full of riches, like ____________ and wilderness reward silk spices
- 8. The king was convinced to finance another voyage, this one was much _______________. He had __________ ships and ___________ crewmen. larger Very little is known about the outcome of this trip. They may have gone through bad _______________, one ship had to stop in _______________ another in ________________. five 300 weather Ireland Greenland
- 9. Some people think he may have explored the east coast of ____________.Canada What happened to John Cabot though is a mystery. It is believed that he died around the year ___________.1498 Was he lost at sea? Did he explore Canada? Did he make it back to London? What do you think?
- 10. John Cabot was born in Genoa, Italy. John Cabot moved to Venice, Italy. Cabot settled with his wife and three sons in England.
- 11. 1st voyage 2nd voyage 3rd voyage Possible Routes of John Cabot: