Monday, March 16, 2009

About John Cabot

Bonus question: flickr.com/photos/ben_salter/2800012785/
This is a picture of Mathew. It is Cabot's ship.It looks very imposing and strong. It is sailing at sea.It has many masts and it is made of wood.It is big and beautiful.

No.6 A Picture Of A Cod
No.1






This is a picture of John Cabot. John Cabot was landing on the Shore of Canada,c.1484 Giclee Print. He looked like so imposing. He was holding a flag and speaking something.











This is a picture of John Cabot. He was sailing from Bristol in the Matthew for the western hemisphere. He was old and he has white beard at that time. His hair was white and long.He wore a hat and thick coat.
No.2
Ten facts about John Cabot:
1.He was an Italian.
2.He was born around 1455 in Gaeta, near Naples, and was the son of a merchant.
3.Cabot traded in spices with the ports of the eastern Mediterranean, and became an expert mariner.
4.About 1490, Cabot and his family moved to Valencia in Spain.
5. Cabot turned in 1494 or 1495 to England - to the merchants of the port of Bristol, where he settled with his family, and to the king, Henry VII.
6.King claimed that John Cabot's report in accordance with the North American continent is the United Kingdom all, the United Kingdom for the subsequent activity of colonialism laid the so-called "legal" basis.
7.He arrived in today's Canada in 1497,but he thought he arrived in the Eastern Coast of Asia
8.In 1498, he arrived in the Eastern Coast of today's America.
9.By 1461 Cabot was living in Venice, where he became a citizen.
10.In about 1482 he married a Venetian woman, Mattea, and they had three sons: Ludovico, Sebastiano and Sancio.
No.3
Why is he important to Canadian history?
Because he found today's Newfoundland in 1497 and he found the Eastern Coast of America next year.
No.4
Why did he leave Europe?
Because the King Henry let him go to publicize spice, their religion(Christianity) and tried to found Asia's riches.
No.5
What happende to John Cabot?
He found the Newfoundland in 1497,but he thought he arrived in the Eastern Coast of Asia. He arrived the Eastern Coast of America next year.
No.7
This video clip told us about John Cabot's history. John Cabot was a person after Columbus attracted by Asia's riches and he sailed. At first, he found Newfoundland. He and his crew got a lot of codfish in Newfoundland. They went back as a hero and people all supported them.Next year,he went there again, but ended in disaster.Another explorer took fifty people to go there and found some people. But all of them died finally.

1 comment:

  1. 6/7

    Use more of your own words to explain.

    A very thoughtful and informative entry. I like the way you number the questions.

    Thank you for trying to write more to challenge yourself!

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