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John Cabot lands in North America at Newfoundland leading the first European exploration of the region since the Vikings.
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John Cabot
Italian navigator and explorer (c. 1450 – c. 1500)
John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII, King of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century. To…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Newfoundland (island)
Island portion of Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Newfoundland is a large island within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. It is situated off the eastern coast of the North American mainland and the geographical region of Labrador.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Vikings
Norse seafarers, merchants and raiders
Vikings were a seafaring people originally from Scandinavia, who from the late 8th to the late 11th centuries raided, pirated, traded, and settled throughout parts of Europe. They voyaged as far as the Mediterranean, North Africa, the Middle East, Greenland, and Vinland. In…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)