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Which is an accurate description of Giovanni Caboto, also known as John Cabot?

A.
the Italian mariner who sailed under the British flag and landed in Canada in 1497

B.
the English explorer who reached the Caribbean and claimed the Bahamas for England

C.
the author many scholars suspect wrote most of Shakespeare's plays

D.
the French scientist who compiled the first encyclopedia

Answer 1

so whats ur guess here

Answer 2

a?

Answer 3

yeah correct...

Answer 4

"In 1497, John Cabot (Giovanni Cabotto) set off on a voyage to Asia. On his way he, like Christopher Columbus, ran into an island off the coast of North America. As a result, Cabot became the second European to discover North America, thus laying an English claim which would be followed up only after an interval of over one hundred years. With such an interlude, his voyage seems mainly of academic interest. Although it is true that prior discovery was often used as a justification for colonization,1 the great amount of time between discovery and colonizing reduces Cabots importance to a minimum in this regard. However, this is not at all to say that Cabot was unimportant. In becoming the first European to land on these shores since the time of Leif Erikson, Cabot opened up the Grand Banks to a steady encroachment of European fishermen, thus paving the way for eventual colonization.2 His voyage marked Englands first foray into the new age of discovery, and served as a foundation for Englands later claims to North America, albeit at some remove. With his importance so established, it is natural that scholars continue to study Cabots heroic travels and try to pinpoint them. Sadly, the vagueness of the evidence makes this effort futile except in a very general way. "