English noun: Cabot |
1. | Cabot (person) 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) |
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| Synonyms | Sebastian Cabot |
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| Instance hypernym | adventurer, cartographer, explorer, map maker |
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2. | Cabot (person) 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) |
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| Synonyms | Giovanni Cabato, John Cabot |
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| Instance hypernym | navigator |
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