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John Cabot is born in Italy around 1450 and is thought to be the son of a Genoese spice merchant.
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Known by several different names in Europe, he refers to himself as Zuan Chabotto.
Cabot is accepted into the prestigious confraternity of St John the Evangelist.
Later, in 1476, he becomes a Venetian citizen after 15 years' residency.
Cabot marries a girl named Mattea and they go on to have three sons; Ludovico, Sancto and Sebastiano.
Sebastiano later follows in his father's footsteps, becoming an explorer in his own right.
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Cabot engages in a naval career, predominantly trading in the East Mediterranean. In 1483 he sells an Egyptian slave in Crete.
Cabot runs into financial difficulty and leaves Venice as an insolvent debtor.
He moves to Valencia in Spain where he manages to escape arrest from the Italian