Does anybody know what John Cabot was known worldwide for because I know he named Newfoundland and he started codfishing but what else? Is he special worldwide? Or just to Canada (Newfoundland)?
2007-01-28 04:06:32 · 2 answers · asked by Alice C 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Hi - I'm from Greece living in the UK and he isn't very famous over here for anything at all.
In a quick survey round the pub, it seems that only 30% of people have heard of him, but half of those who had heard of him didn't know who he was or what he did.
All I know is that he was an Italian navigator and explorer commonly credited as the first early modern European to discover the North American mainland, in 1497.
There is a square in London's Docklands area named after him (Cabot Square).
2007-01-28 04:32:32 · answer #1 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no i don,t.
2007-01-28 12:15:27 · answer #2 · answered by i,m here if you need to talk. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋