John Cabot is an explorer who was born in C. 1450 and he was born in Genoa, Italy (picture on your right side), He later died in C. 1499 and he died in the city of Bristol, England which his family had moved to when John was born. Explorer John Cabot made a British claim to land in Canada, mistaking it for Asia, during his 1497 voyage on the ship Matthew. At age 11, his family moved to Venice, where he learned sailing and navigation from Italian seamen and merchants. His sponsoring nation is England.