looking for old school poem, starts;" John Cabot and his son Sebastien" can anyone help?

Answer 1

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS was the first man of Italian descent to come to our land. Many have followed since that time.

John Cabot, who also grew up in Genoa, sailed the seas for King Henry VII of England, and discovered North America. Thus both North America and South America were discovered by Italians. After Cabot's death, his son Sebastian Cabot continued his father's explorations. He discovered, among other things, the Grand Banks of Newfoundland, which serve to this day as a fishing ground for many nations. Another great explorer of Italian lineage was Giovanni Verrazano.

It has been nearly five hundred years since Columbus and Cabot came to the new world. Many other people of Italian descent have followed them.

Although the major immigration would not come for thirty years, 1848 saw the first wave of Italians come to America. Among these was Giuseppe Garibaldi who would later be a leader in the movement to unify Italy, and who lived on Staten Island in New York harbor for a number of years. These people came fleeing political repression as many have come to our shores since that time, most recently from Hungary in 1956.

Italian soldiers fought with distinction throughout the Civil War, most notably at Bull Run, Harper's Ferry, and Gettysburg.

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