After John Cabot's 1497 voyage to North America ... This official voyage may not have been Cartier's first excursion across the Atlantic -- it's possible that he had gone to Newfoundland as ...

The first documented European to arrive in North ... his name was anglicized to John Cabot. King Henry VII of England authorized Cabot to "seek out, discover and find whatsoever isles, countries ...

The 15th-century explorer John Cabot was born in Italy but sailed under the flag of England, commanding what were thought to be the first European voyages to North America since the Vikings.