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In 1497, an Italian sea captain, sailing under the English flag, reached the coast of North America. may have been the first European to set foot on this conttnent after the viking explorer, Leif Erickson, who had landed there 5 centuries before. Joh Cabot's be ....

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.... a voyage to Asia around the southern tip of Africa. Joh Cabot then went to England where he recieved the financing from a group of merchants and the English King, Henry VII. John Cabot sailed from Bristol, late in May 1497, with a crew of 18, on a small ship named "The Matthew." On June 24th, he landed somewhere on the coast of North America, probably New Foundland or Cape Brenton Island, in what is now know as Canada. John Cabot was positive that he had reached the Northeast coast of Asia and excitedly sailed back to England to report to the King. Encouraged by the news, Henry VII gave John Cabot a small fleet and sent him on anothe ....