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John Cabot

1450 - 1498

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John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto [dʒoˈvanni kaˈbɔːto]; c. 1450 – c. 1500) was an Italian navigator and explorer. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of John Cabot has received more than 3,387,868 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). John Cabot is the 30th most popular explorer (up from 33rd in 2019), the 437th most popular biography from Italy (down from 411th in 2019) and the 4th most popular Italian Explorer.

John Cabot was an explorer who was most famous for being the first European to explore the North American coast and for claiming Newfoundland for England.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, John Cabot ranks 30 out of 405Before him are Vitus Bering, Juan Sebastián Elcano, Thor Heyerdahl, Willem Barentsz, Henry Morton Stanley, and Vasco Núñez de Balboa. After him are Pytheas, Francisco de Orellana, Evliya Çelebi, Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Juan Ponce de León, and Jan van Riebeeck.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1450, John Cabot ranks 4Before him are Bartolomeu Dias, Hieronymus Bosch, and Josquin des Prez. After him are Kara Ahmed Pasha, Luca Signorelli, Yejong of Joseon, Gerard David, Martin Schongauer, Kamāl ud-Dīn Behzād, Marko Marulić, and Francisco de Almeida. Among people deceased in 1498, John Cabot ranks 5Before him are Girolamo Savonarola, Charles VIII of France, Tomás de Torquemada, and Isabella of Aragon, Queen of Portugal. After him are Antonio del Pollaiolo, Giovanni il Popolano, Michael Pacher, Cristoforo Landino, Francesco Botticini, Koca Davud Pasha, and Mirkhvand.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, John Cabot ranks 437 out of 4,668Before him are Jacopo Peri (1561), Pope Honorius I (585), Pope Symmachus (460), Salvatore Riina (1930), Roberto Benigni (1952), and Parmigianino (1503). After him are Pope Zosimus (400), Giulietta Masina (1921), Petronius Maximus (396), Pope Hormisdas (450), Simonetta Vespucci (1453), and Pope Victor III (1027).

Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, John Cabot ranks 4Before him are Marco Polo (1254), Christopher Columbus (1451), and Amerigo Vespucci (1454). After him are Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), Antonio Pigafetta (1492), Sebastian Cabot (1484), Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), and Lancelotto Malocello (1270).