John Cabot

Surely a strong case could be made for Giovanni Caboto (more commonly known as John Cabot) who was Genoa-born and lays claim to being the first European explorer to set foot on the North American mainland since the Vikings.

The Latin Americanist 2008

Laurence Bergreen, more modestly, narrates the story of Columbus's ocean crossings, while Douglas Hunter's "The Race to the New World" traces links between John Cabot's project for an Atlantic crossing and that of Columbus, explaining apologetically that, despite the book's title, there was no race.

Faulty Navigators Felipe Fernández-Armesto 2011

Taken in the round over its half-millennium history—between John Cabot landing in Newfoundland in 1497 and the hand-over of Hong Kong in 1997—did the British Empire contribute or detract from the sum of human happiness?

Now That The Sun Has Set Andrew Roberts 2012

Mr. Hunter's striking suggestion that John Cabot who was a Venetian, Giovanni Caboto was actually with Columbus on his second voyage is a valueless speculation unsupported by any acceptable evidence.

Faulty Navigators Felipe Fernández-Armesto 2011

These are key questions being asked of this summer's exam students at John Cabot academy in Bristol, where technology is being used to encourage students to revise far more effectively than simply being left to "read your own notes".

Byte-size revision: how you can use ICT to boost exam preparation 2010

The royal charter issued to John Cabot in 1496 authorized Cabot and his sons to seek out "isles, countries, and regions of the heathen and infidel, which before this time have been unknown to all Christian people."

Valerie Taliman: Christian 'Doctrine' Fueled Dehumanization: UNPFII Report 2010

"If I look around the room and all screens are red, even though my lesson plan says move on, nobody understands this so I say let's start again," says Chris Baker, current leader of e-learning at John Cabot and West of England winner of the 2009 Becta Award for Next Generation Learning.

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Brooks 'blunt and brutal poem brings a riot to life, and focuses on a fictitious victim -- a man named John Cabot -- whom Brooks paints in a very unsympathetic light.

John Lundberg: Three Poems For Martin Luther King Day 2010

Three clicks awaySelf-assessment is only part of revision strategy at John Cabot, where quick, clear navigation is a priority.

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Resource sharingFinally, John Cabot has formed a federation with two other academies in the area and produced the online resource, cabotlearningfederation. net/toolbox, an index of useful websites for general study and revision from teachers across all three schools.

Byte-size revision: how you can use ICT to boost exam preparation 2010