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cabot

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  • n  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)
  • n  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)
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  • William Tetley in Toronto Star
    The Farley Mowat had a right of passage through the Cabot Strait and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, but it had to be innocent passage,Tetley said. "If they're going to do something that is illegal, that's not innocent, and if they have...
  • Rodney MacDonald in Toronto Star
    You haven't lived until you've camped on the world-famous Cabot Trail and been chased by a love-struck moose,says MacDonald.

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