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/

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