Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Monday's presentations

I learned that John Cabot claimed the Atlantic coast of North America to England in 1497.
I researched more about him and found that he made two trips to the New World. The first time he had to convince King Henry the seventh. After recieving permission, he departed on the Matthew. No one knows the precise location where he landed but it was in that first voyage where Cabot claimed the land to England.

2 comments:

Taylor said...

oh thats interesting I didn't know he had already sailed.

Israel said...

yeah that was cool cause it shows how he figured it out and kind of the aftermath of it