website address with the picture:
Where did you find the picture?
I found it from the internet.
Explain his picture in 3-5 sentences. What is he doing in the picture? What does he look like? Describe his appearance.
Maybe he is in a dark room now,there is only a condle with fire and had a small light.He is probably looked at something that we can't understand~Or he was thinking something hardly,but he still with his normal appearance...A hat with him covered his long white hair.His whiskers covered the white shirt,white colored the same...
2. Who is John Cabot? Tell me ten facts (real information) about him.
John Cabot was an Italian navigator who came to Bristol when he was about fifty years old. John Cabot was an Italian navigator who came to Bristol when he was about fifty years old. Born in Gaeta and later a citizen of Venice,Italy, his Italian name of Giovanni Caboto became shortened to the English style John Cabot after he had lived in Bristol. In Italian, ‘Caboto’ means “ a coastal seaman” and was quite a common name given to sailors and navigators.
He was married to a Venetian wife whose name was Mattea. His ship, the “Matthew” was almost certainly named after her. Cabot was a lifelong friend of Christopher Columbus who also came from Italy. In 1493, Cabot learned of his friend’s voyage of discovery that had taken him to the West Indies- thinking that he had found a sea route westward to China and Japan.
He was married to a Venetian wife whose name was Mattea. His ship, the “Matthew” was almost certainly named after her. Cabot was a lifelong friend of Christopher Columbus who also came from Italy. In 1493, Cabot learned of his friend’s voyage of discovery that had taken him to the West Indies- thinking that he had found a sea route westward to China and Japan.
3. Why is he important to Canadian history?
John Cabot explored North America for England in 1497 he sailed to what is now eastern Canada. There is some controversy as to where he landed. He disappeared at sea in 1498.
4. Why did he leave Europe?
Because the King Henry let him go to publicize spice and there religion.
5. What happened to John Cabot?Watch these video clips. Remember to bring your earphones if you are listening to the computer at school.
No video address…
6. When John Cabot reached Newfoundland's Grand Banks, he was surprised to find the large supply of cod.
Watch this video clip:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=261-NYB7Sko
Find a picture of cod and post it up on your blog
7. Watch this clip. What did you learn from the video clip? Write 5-8 sentences.
By the large, may be this: Christine Columbus got his wrong. In 1492 to cross the Atlantic. Also Caribbean island he found were the short of Asia. He was unknown before find other countries. In 1497, on a ship ”Matthew” . A month later, he set a land is Newfoundland, he found tall trees, saw many animals. Just spends a few hours to short of a new world. He was received as a hero from other people. He found a new land for England and he said there are so many fish in the water of this Newfoundland, they could be side of the boat. The next year, Cabot went back, and it’s the end, it seems that he could not found any other land again. At the end of the video, I cannot understand, there was a man and a woman, I don’t know who they were…
Bonus1. What does his ship "Mathew" look like?Post a picture and include the web address where you got it from.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3243/2800859924_aa45c868ff.jpg?v=0
