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may 20, 1494 - John Cabot

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He arrived in Bristol in 1494 or 1495 at a time when merchants were looking for new fishing waters. Henry VII gave him permission to seek out new lands 'unknown to all christians'
He sailed in 1497

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may 20, 1494
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~ 532 years ago