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Sebastian Cabot
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His son, Sebastian Cabot (1476-1557), 2 is not independently heard of until May 1512, when he was paid twenty shillings " for making a carde of Gascoigne and Guyenne," whither he accompanied the English army sent that year by Henry VIII. to aid his father-in-law Ferdinand of Aragon against the French. Since Ferdinand and his daughter Joanna were contemplating the dispatch of an expedition from Santander to explore Newfoundland, Sebastian was questioned about this coast by the king's councillors. As a result Ferdinand summoned him in September 15 12 to Logrono, and on the 30th of October appointed him a captain in the navy at a salary of 50,000 maravedis a year. A letter was ... written to the Spanish ambassador in England to help Cabot and his family to return to Spain, with the result that in March 1514 he was again back at Court discussing with Ferdinand the proposed expedition to Newfoundland. Preparations were made for him to set sail in March 1516; but the death of the king in January of that year put an end to the undertaking.
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This scheme might have succeeded were it not for Canada; and it is at the point when Cabot reached the unwanted continent that the historians dispute begins. Historians have advanced a number of theories concerning his landfall: some say that Cabot landed in Labrador; others say it was in Nova Scotia or Cape Breton Island; still others support a landing in Newfoundland; and a minority argue for a landing all the way in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, or as far south as Maine. Each of these theories is based on some evidence and it is impossibleto refute any of them completely. The weight of the evidence seems to support the Nova Scotian landfall, an hypothesis which had been generally accepted since William F. Ganong argued persuasively for it in 1929.4 However, the discovery of a new document in the 1950s reopened the debate, which has continued with unabated fervor since that time.5
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The actor's full name was Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot. Born in London, he started his career in the '30s in his native country before heading to Hollywood in the '50s. Before the acting bug hit, he found employment as a cook, chauffeur, and mechanic. In later years, he collected antique cars. The actor was married for more than three decades to his wife, Kay, with whom he raised three children: Annette, Yvonne, and Christopher. Cabot passed away in 1977, the victim of a stroke.
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John Cabot learnt about trading in the spices obtained from the East from Guilo Caboto. This, together with access to Italian seamen and ships who had sailed to the East, provided John Cabot with the ambition to 'cut out the middle man' and travel the spice trade routes himself and then sell the spices on his return
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Cabot went ashore and left behind his companions, Francisco de Rojas, Martin Méndez, and Miguel de Rodas, with whom he had quarrelled. He explored the Paraná River as far as its junction with the Paraguay and built two forts. The first one, called Sancti Spiritu, was the first Spanish settlement in present-day Argentina; near its former location lies the town of Gaboto (Santa Fe Province), named after the explorer.
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Most of the journals kept accounting his life were lost and only one map still exists, one drawn by Sebastian in 1544. Historians ... suspect that he made a number of undocumented trips while others have doubt about the trip in 1508 even occurring. Regardless, Sebastian Cabot did what he set out to do by leaving his mark on history. In 1548, he was awarded a large pension from King Edward VI, just prior to his death.
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