# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/john-cabot
# Generated: 2026-08-31T17:33:32.667Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/john-cabot"
name: "John Cabot"
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description: "An Italian navigator who sailed for England and reached North America in 1497 — the first known European contact with the continent in nearly five centuries, bridging the Norse landings and the age of sail."
tagline: "Italian navigator and explorer (c. 1450 – c. 1499)"
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birthDate: "1450"
deathDate: "1498"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Giovanni Caboto left Italy and found backing from Henry VII, who commissioned him to search for new routes and lands across the Atlantic. In 1497 he made landfall somewhere on the North American coast — the exact spot still disputed, though both Canada and Britain settled on Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, for the 500th anniversary. The voyage reopened a connection the Norse had made four hundred years earlier and then abandoned. Cabot likely died around 1499, his later years and final voyage lost to record.