John Cabot 1451 - 1498

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Click John Cabot's name below for WWW links.

1. Information about John Cabot from the Mariner's Museum.  Includes a picture.

2. Information about John Cabot from the Memorial University of Newfoundland. 

3. This site has good pictures of John Cabot.

4. Information about John Cabot on Thinkquest.

5. Children at Bartlett Elementary School wrote this information about John Cabot.  There is also a map of his voyages.

6. Two students from Gander Academy wrote projects about John Cabot. Read Kilah Ivany's project. 

7. This is an excellent map of John Cabot's voyage.

8. John Cabot's Voyage of 1497.

9. John Cabot's Voyage of 1498.

10. This site has a great picture of John Cabot's ship the Matthew.

11. Look at an astrolabe.

12. What navigational tools did the explorers use?  This is a link to Matsumoto school's excellent project.

13. Life aboard ship with some pictures.

14. Life aboard ship.

15. Keeping healthy aboard ship.

16. What did early sailors eat?   Biscuits yum-yum!

17. Try this John Cabot Quiz written by Reg Hamilton.

18. Click here for a blank map of the world

For a worksheet to help you organise the information you find

For information on the other explorers.