in many ways John kabat is the reason why so many people speak English today in North America John Cat by being sponsored by King Henry iith of England allowed the English to make a claim for all of North America John kabat was born Giovani kaboto in Genoa Italy around 1450 he learned how to sail and navigate while working for a Venetian Trading Company in his early years John cat claimed that he had vast experience selling the Mediterranean Basin and exploring and he even claimed he got as far as Mecca there was great demand in Europe
for Asian silks and spices and at that time the only way to get them was by going east from Europe and paying middlemen who controlled this route upon hearing the news of Columbus's successful Voyage to what we call today the new world John cabitt realized that there was opportunities to p another more Northerly Route Around the territories Columbus had discovered to reach Asia by a water route by 1495 cavat moved to England and successfully convinced Henry iith to finance his idea of finding a new water route to Asia after Kat left Bristol in May of
1497 he sails a northern route across the Atlantic Ocean John cat makes his first landfall North America somewhere near Newland or Labrador and he iMed immediately claims this land for his sponsor King Henry iith of England kabat he had discovered a more Northerly and a shorter route to Asia than the one that Columbus had found upon his return to England cabat was warmly received by King Henry iith and in less than a year was granted another larger Expedition by the king kabat left Bristol in May of 1498 they do more extensive exploring than he'd been
able to do in 1497 and they decide to return home before the water got too cold before the ice encroached he runs into a number of Storms and he is never officially heard from again John kage should be remembered for two prime reasons first he allowed the English to lay claim to much of North America second his crew brought home three innu men clad in Furs who within a couple of years were dressed like Englishmen speaking English and convinced the English that the native peoples of North Americas could be transformed into Englishmen
