Early Life
John lived in the Renaissance period of music and the Age of Exploration. He was inspired by Christopher Columbus to go explore what was supposedly Asia. He asked the kings for resources to go and trade with Asia by using a Northwestern route. Cabot was born in 1450 in Genoa, Italy. His real name is Giovanni Caboto, but we use his English translation John Cabot. He went to Venice with his parents and became a merchant and navigator. He became a citizen of Venice at 1476, but he moved to Bristol, England at 1483.