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Sebastian Cabot

1484 - 1557

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Sebastian Cabot (Italian and Venetian: Sebastiano Caboto, Italian: [sebaˈstjaːno kaˈbɔːto]; Spanish: Sebastián Caboto, Gaboto or Cabot; c. 1474 – c. December 1557) was a Venetian explorer, likely born in the Venetian Republic and a Venetian citizen. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Sebastian Cabot has received more than 24,650 page views. His biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2019). Sebastian Cabot is the 88th most popular explorer (down from 80th in 2019), the 1,073rd most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,065th in 2019) and the 8th most popular Italian Explorer.

Sebastian Cabot is most famous for being a navigator and explorer for England. He was the first person to map the North American coast and explore Canada.

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  • 29

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.93

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.53

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Sebastian Cabot ranks 88 out of 405Before him are Álvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, Bjarni Herjólfsson, Yaqut al-Hamawi, Jeanne Baret, Charles Marie de La Condamine, and Juan Díaz de Solís. After him are Adam Johann von Krusenstern, Jean de Béthencourt, Diogo Dias, Heinrich Barth, Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza, and Robert FitzRoy.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1484, Sebastian Cabot ranks 6Before him are Huldrych Zwingli, Bartolomé de las Casas, Hans Baldung, Anne of Foix-Candale, and Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk. After him are Julius Caesar Scaliger, Joachim I Nestor, Elector of Brandenburg, Antonio da Sangallo the Younger, Matteo Bandello, George, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Michele Sanmicheli. Among people deceased in 1557, Sebastian Cabot ranks 9Before him are John III of Portugal, Pontormo, Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia, Bona Sforza, Olaus Magnus, and Mikael Agricola. After him are Emperor Go-Nara, Lautaro, Ferrante Gonzaga, Albert Alcibiades, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach, Mohammed al-Shaykh, and Galvarino.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Sebastian Cabot ranks 1,073 out of 4,668Before him are Maria Theresa of Savoy (1756), Sandro Mazzola (1942), Daniele da Volterra (1509), Gemma Galgani (1878), Giacomo Carissimi (1605), and Giacomo Matteotti (1885). After him are Margaret of Savoy, Vicereine of Portugal (1589), Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli (1920), Francesco Geminiani (1687), Luigi Nono (1924), Verres (-120), and Tiberius Gemellus (19).

Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Sebastian Cabot ranks 8Before him are Christopher Columbus (1451), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), John Cabot (1450), Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), and Antonio Pigafetta (1492). After him are Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), Cristoforo Buondelmonti (1385), and Alejandro Malaspina (1754).