CABOT


Meaning of CABOT in English

( c. 1450– c. 1498)

an Italian explorer. With his son Sebastian he sailed across the Atlantic in 1498 on behalf of the English king, Henry VII , and reached North America (which he thought was China) before Columbus .

Oxford guide to British and American culture English vocabulary.      Руководство по британской и американской культуре, Оксфордский английский словарь.