Giovanni+Caboto-Parker

Giovanni Caboto was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. Giovanni was hired by King Henry of England to find a fast route to the Indies. Giovanni wanted to find a faster route than Christopher Columbus' route. With a crew of 18 he went sailing on "The Matthew" to find the Indies. The first voyage, May 2, 1497 he spotted land thinking it was the Indies (in this way Giovanni Caboto is a lot like Christopher Columbus) and turned back. The second voyage, May 2, 1498 he went with four other boats and landed near what is now Maine. That was when he realized that he wasn't in Asia. No one is certain what happened to the five ships and Caboto, but one theory is on the way back from his second voyage the ships sunk. The most important thing Caboto did was, because he had discovered North America for England, they (England) could start to claim owner ship in North America. Religion PJ