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Home › Culture › Travel › Explorers › Italian

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John Cabot (1450-1498)

  • (Giovanni Caboto)
  • First European to reach the North American mainland, landing first on Cape Breton Island (1497)
  • Reached Greenland (1498)

Sebastian Cabot (1474-1557)

  • Explored the Brazilian coast and the Rio de la Plata (1526-1530)

Alvise Luigi da Cadamosto (1432-1488)

  • Explored the west coast of Africa for the Portuguese
  • Discovered the Cape Verde Islands (1456)

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506)

  • (Cristóbal Colón)
  • Made four voyages to the New World, reaching several Caribbean islands, South America, and Central America (1492-1498)





Eusebio Francisco Kino (1644-1711)

  • Explora Sonora and southern Arizona (1687)
  • Explored the Colorado Valley and found the Indian ruins of Casa Grande (1694)

Umberto Nobile (1885-1978)

  • One of the first to fly over the North Pole in a dirigible (1926)

Marco Polo (1254-1324)

  • Traveled overland from Venice to Cambuluc (Peking) (1271-1275)
  • Made the return trip via Persia (1292-1295)

Giovanni da Verrazzano (c1485-1528)

  • Explored the Atlantic coast of North America from North Carolina to Newfoundland (1524)
  • Reached the coast of Brazil (1527)

Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512)

  • Explored areas of the New World, but reports questioned (1499-1501)




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