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24 JUNE 1497

   Posted by: Michael   in Events in History

John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) is said to have landed somewhere on the coast of North America, the first European since the Vikings to do so.  He had received letters patent from Henry VII on 5 March 1496 and was backed by Bristol merchants.  This was his second voyage.

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