what country did john cabot sail for?
Italy
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 From 1499 to 1508 a number of other expeditions were launched from Bristol to the ' New found land ' , the earliest being undertaken by William Weston . One of these , led by John Cabot 's son , Sebastian Cabot , explored down the coast of North America until he was ‘ almost in the latitude of Gibraltar ’ and ‘ almost the longitude of Cuba ’ . This would suggest that he reached as far as the Chesapeake , close to what is now Washington D.C. 

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 In 1851 , a three @-@ masted Clipper built in Saint John , New Brunswick also took his name ; the Marco Polo was the first ship to sail around the world in under six months . 

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 St. John 's was the starting point for the first non @-@ stop transatlantic aircraft flight , by Alcock and Brown in a modified Vickers Vimy IV bomber , in June 1919 , departing from Lester 's Field in St. John 's and ending in a bog near Clifden , Connemara , Ireland . In July 2005 , the flight was duplicated by American aviator and adventurer Steve Fossett in a replica Vickers Vimy aircraft , with St. John 's International Airport substituting for Lester 's Field ( now an urban and residential part of the city ) . 

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 While in prison , George Orsborne lent his name to a ghost @-@ written account of the Girl Pat adventure , which repeated the claim that the vessel had been sent out inadequately equipped and provisioned . Marstrand 's successfully sued the publishers , Hutchinsons , and two newspapers which had repeated the details . On his release , Orsborne planned to make a single @-@ handed transatlantic crossing in an open boat , but the trip was delayed , and finally cancelled when war began in September 1939 . Likewise , nothing came of an announcement in 1938 that Orsborne would lead an expedition to the Caribbean and up the Amazon . 

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 John Cabot was sponsored by Henry VII on his voyage in 1497 , looking for a new route to the Orient . Having discovered North America instead , on his return Cabot spoke of the great quantities of cod to be found near the new land . In 1498 Cabot set sail again from Bristol with an expedition of five ships . Whether he returned from this voyage is uncertain – although recent research conducted at the University of Bristol , suggests that he might . 
