John Cabot

John Cabot, an Italian sea captain in the pay of the British, discovered Canada in 1497, five yearJohn Cabot, an Italian sea captain in the pay of the British, discovered Canada in 1497, five years after Columbus discovered America. He planted a huge cross on the shore and sailed home, with the news that he had reached north east China , the land of the Great Khan , and that the sea was full of fish.