This man worked with William Weston, although it is not known whether they traveled together.
The historian Alwyn Ruddock left a book about this man unfinished at her death. This man worked with William Weston, although it is not known whether they traveled together. This man sailed on a ship owned by Richard Ameryk, whose name is thought by some scholars to be the true origin of the word "America." Much of what we know about his major voyage comes from the so-called "John Day letter." His son, an explorer who sailed up the Paraná River, was named Sebastian. This explorer sailed on the ship Matthew from Bristol, and he gives his name to a strait north of Cape Breton Island. For 10 points, name this Italian explorer who reached Newfoundland in the 1490s under the commission of Henry VII of England.
The historian Alwyn Ruddock left a book about this man unfinished at her death.
John Cabot [or Giovanni Caboto]