Cabot - Definition
cabot
n 1: son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an
English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a
Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of
Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
[syn: Cabot, Sebastian Cabot]
2: Italian explorer who led the English expedition in 1497 that
discovered the mainland of North America and explored the
coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498) [syn:
Cabot, John Cabot, Giovanni Cabato]