John Cabot

n. (c1450-1499, as Giovanni Caboto) Italian explorer who led the English expedition discovering the mainland of North America in 1497 (in 1498 he sailed off for a second expedition, during which it is believed he died at sea)

John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto; c. 1450 – c. 1498), known in English as John Cabot, was an Italian navigator and explorer commonly credited as one of the first early modern Europeans to land on the North American mainland, aboard the Matthew in 1497.
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Noun
1. Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)
(synonym) Cabot, Giovanni Cabato
(hypernym) navigator