John Cabot: The Amelia Earhart of the Turn of the 16th Century

John Cabot was the first European to land on the North American continent and quite possibly explore the east coast of the United States.  Little is known about Cabot because unlike Columbus, he did not seem to be a writer.  Yet, documentation does exist from the era that verifies Cabot's voyages and likely leaves us with more questions than answers.    More on John Cabot: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Cabot  Read “Documents Describing the Voyage of John Cabot”: https://amzn.to/3keYuYg  Read the English Royal Patent to John Cabot: https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/1496-cabot-patent.php#:~:text=On%205%20March%201496%2C%20King,on%20Spanish%20or%20Portuguese%20territories.  John Cabot Bust by: Istituto Veneto di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=38573481  More on Henry VII: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_VII_of_England  Henry VII Painting by: NPG: Unknown artist Netherlandish artist / (by Michel Sittow) - NPG, Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=77050820  Read the John Day Letter: https://www.heritage.nf.ca/articles/exploration/john-day.php  Second Voyage Map courtesy of: By Evan T Jones - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=54725020  Read the Second Cabot Patent: https://avalon.law.yale.edu/15th_century/cabot01.asp  Read the Dispatch to Ferdinand and Isabella: http://www.bris.ac.uk/Depts/History/Maritime/Sources/1498ayala.htm  Sebastien Cabot Voyage Map courtesy of: Evan Jones   Fife and Drum by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3748-fife-and-drum License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/