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Sebastian Cabot
Sebastian Cabot b. 1483-86?, d. 1557, explorer in English and Spanish service; son of John Cabot . He may well have accompanied his father on the 1497 and 1498 voyages, and he was for many years given the credit for his father's achievements. In the 19th cent., scholars, finding discrepancies in t... Read more
John Cabot
John Cabot fl. 1461-98, English explorer, probably b. Genoa, Italy. He became a citizen of Venice in 1476 and engaged in the Eastern trade of that city. This experience, it is assumed, was the stimulus of his later explorations. Like Columbus (though there is no evidence that either influenced the ... Read more
Richard Chancellor
Richard Chancellor d. 1556, English navigator. When, largely under the inspiration of Sebastian Cabot , a group of men in England undertook to finance a search for the Northeast Passage to Asia, Chancellor was chosen as second in command under Sir Hugh Willoughby. They sailed in 1553, and Chancell... Read more
Río de la Plata
Río de la Plata , estuary, c.170 mi (270 km) long, SE South America, formed by the Paraná and Uruguay rivers. Between Argentina and Uruguay, the estuary is c.120 mi (190 km) wide at its mouth on the Atlantic Ocean and decreases to c.20 mi (30 km) near its head. Focal point of the secon... Read more
Bristol
Bristol city (1991 pop. 370,300), SW England, at the confluence of the Avon and Frome rivers. Bristol, a leading international port, has extensive facilities, including docks at Avonmouth, Portishead, and Royal Portbury. It is a transportation hub and is a financial services center. General and nuc... Read more
Paraguay
Paraguay , officially Republic of Paraguay, republic (2005 est. pop. 6,348,000), 157,047 sq mi (406,752 sq km), S central South America. Paraguay is enclosed by Bolivia on the north and west, Brazil on the east, and Argentina on the south and west; Bolivia and Paraguay are the two landlocked nations... Read more
Argentina
Argentina , officially Argentine Republic, republic (2005 est. pop. 39,538,000), 1,072,157 sq mi (2,776,889 sq km), S South America. Argentina is bordered by Chile on the west, Bolivia and Paraguay on the north, Brazil and Uruguay on the northeast, and the Atlantic Ocean on the east. Buenos Aires ... Read more

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Sebastian Cabot
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography Sebastian Cabot Sebastian Cabot (ca. 1482-1557), an Italian-born explorer in the service of...significant discoveries in an age of geographical discovery. Sebastian Cabot, the son of John and Mattea Cabot, was probably born in Venice...
John Cabot
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...minor. By 1484 he was the father of Sebastian Cabot, who would achieve fame as an explorer...contains a long chapter on both John and Sebastian Cabot. Samuel Eliot Morison, The European...America (1971), discusses John Cabot. □
Cabot, John
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Cabot, John (d. 1498) and Sebastian (1474–1557). Much...coast as part of a continent and Sebastian set the British on the long and...on an attempted repeat voyage. Sebastian may have been with him in 1497 but...
Exploration, Conquest, and Settlement, Era of European
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History ...the eastern fringe of Asia. John Cabot, a fellow Genoese sailing for Henry...have reached Newfoundland before Cabot's voyage of 1497, although the...for the elusive Northwest Passage: Sebastian Cabot in 1507, and the French‐...
Richard Chancellor
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...evidently a native of Bristol, acquired geographical and maritime proficiency from the explorer Sebastian Cabot and the geographer John Dee. Cabot had always been interested in making a voyage to Asia through the Arctic, and for this purpose...
exploration
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...the English contribution to primary exploration in the great age of maritime discovery was rather modest. John and Sebastian Cabot , English by adoption, contributed to the discovery of the Americas in 1497 and 1509, but most English maritime...
Río de la Plata
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Discovered (1516) by Juan Díaz de Solís, it was explored by Ferdinand Magellan in 1520 and by Sebastian Cabot from 1526 to 1529. The first settlement on its banks was made (1536) at Buenos Aires by Pedro de Mendoza, the...
Paraná
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...river craft to the Iguaçu River. A bridge over the river at Foz do Iguaçu links Brazil and Paraguay. The Paraná was first ascended (1526) by Sebastian Cabot, the English explorer in the service of Spain.
Willoughby, Sir Hugh
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History ...Willoughby, Sir Hugh (d. 1554). A minor landowner with some military experience, Willoughby was chosen, possibly by Sebastian Cabot , to be captain-general of the fleet sent by London merchants to find the North-East Passage in 1553. The expedition...
Stephen Borough
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...North Cape and reach Russia by the arctic route, and the only ship to return safely from the expedition. Thereupon, Sebastian Cabot and others who had fostered the plan formed the Muscovy Company , establishing a profitable trade with Russia. Sailing...

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Cabot Voyages
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History CABOT VOYAGES CABOT VOYAGES. Early in 1496 a petition was placed before King Henry VII of England in the name of John Cabot, an Italian navigator, and his three sons, Sebastian, Lewis, and Sanctius, for the privilege of making...
Cabot
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Cabot the name of two Italian explorers and navigators, the elder of whom, John Cabot ( c. 1450– c. 98), sailed...from which he never returned. His son Sebastian Cabot ( c. 1475–1557) accompanied...
Cabot, John
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History Cabot, John (d. 1498) and Sebastian (1474–1557). Much...coast as part of a continent and Sebastian set the British on the fruitless...on an attempted repeat voyage. Sebastian certainly attempted the North...
exploration
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...Hakluyt, the English contribution to primary exploration in the great age of maritime discovery was modest. John and Sebastian Cabot , English by adoption, contributed to the discovery of the Americas in 1497 and 1509, but most English maritime...
Explorations and Expeditions
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...uneventful Atlantic exploration in 1495, Cabot successfully reached the coast of North...no meaningful efforts to capitalize on Cabot's discovery over the next century. Although Cabot's son Sebastian explored the Atlantic coast of North America...

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New-found doubts cloud Cabot's royal celebrations
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 1/13/1997; ; 693 words ; ...author ACH Smith, who has written about Cabot's son Sebastian, agrees that history romanticised Cabot. "He is regarded as this keen-eyed...of it." Some people in Bristol, where Cabot was based, feel the celebrations are getting...
A tragic history of ego-filled adventure
Newspaper article from: Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME; 9/6/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...Whatever happened to explorer John Cabot, his two sons and the rest...that 14-year-old Sancio Cabot wrote from across the Atlantic Ocean to his older brother, Sebastian, who, against his will, had...who at first were welcoming to Cabot and his shipmates. "We have...
Bob Dylan
Transcript from: Weekend Saturday (NPR); 5/23/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...emphasizes the poetry of Bob Dylan's lyrics. SEBASTIAN CABOT, ACTOR, SINGING: Once upon a time you...Tramp? LAUGHTER SIMON: This is Sebastian Cabot, right? NAYDER: Right. SIMON: The late Sebastian Cabot, we should say. Who was... NAYDER...
Old songs haunt TV stars
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 6/9/1988; ; 700+ words ; ...facts, ma'am" warmth. Imagine Sebastian Cabot interpreting Bob Dylan as if the...Warren Zevon on "Proud Mary," and Cabot's renditions of "It Ain't Me...Rolling Stone" (from "Sebastian Cabot, Actor . . . Bob Dylan, Poet...
SIGNINGS - Henry Garfield Signings
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 8/8/2004; ; 245 words ; ...Column: SIGNINGS Henry Garfield's "The Lost Voyage of John Cabot" tells the fictional story of 15-year-old Sebastian Cabot, middle son of the famous sea adventurer John Cabot. Sebastian has been left at home in England while his father...
WB Remakes Sitcom 'Family Affair'
News Wire article from: AP Online; 9/9/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...Buffy) got on with the black-bearded Sebastian Cabot, who played Mr. French. Whitaker explained how Cabot was always professional and would remind...died of a drug overdose in 1976; and Cabot died of a stroke in 1977. ___ On the...
Curry adds spice to new 'Family'
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 9/12/2002; ; 689 words ; ...but-lovable bachelor uncle and Sebastian Cabot's veddy, veddy English butler...love 'n' laughter to the Keith and Cabot characters: Who could forget any...is a funnier French than the late Cabot is to say Julia Child's gateau...
Books: Spice boys, the plague, and the merits of muskets
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/28/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...their sponsors, the English trusted Sebastian Cabot's famous advice - "If a native...know the secrets of his heart". Cabot's influence was felt from Hudson...colourful as war in these times, and Cabot's advice was also employed against...
The WB, UPN remake hit '60s series with modern-day flare.(Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 7/31/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...actor who was asked to re-create Sebastian Cabot's Brit-to-the-bone butler...Curry's French has a sardonic edge Cabot wouldn't have recognized. Even...toll on the original cast: Keith, Cabot and Jones have all died since the...
Shows a classic mistake?
Newspaper article from: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel; 7/16/2002; ; 700+ words ; ...actor who was asked to re-create Sebastian Cabot's Brit-to-the-bone butler...Curry's French has a sardonic edge Cabot wouldn't have recognized. Even...toll on the original cast: Keith, Cabot and Jones have all died since the...