noun
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
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑explorer, ↑adventurer, ↑cartographer, ↑map maker
Useful english dictionary. 2012.