noun
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: ↑Sebastian Cabot
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑explorer, ↑adventurer, ↑cartographer, ↑map maker
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: ↑John Cabot, ↑Giovanni Cabato
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑navigator
Useful english dictionary. 2012.