Who was the wife of the explorer whose first land site in North America was Cape Bonavista Newfoundland?
Sebastian Cabot (explorer) Sebastian Cabot (Italian and Venetian: "Sebastiano Caboto", Spanish: "Sebastián Caboto", "Gaboto" or "Cabot"; c. 1474 – c. December 1557) was an Italian explorer, likely born in the Venetian Republic. He was the son of Italian explorer John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) and his Venetian wife Mattea.
Caroline Mikkelsen Caroline Mikkelsen (20 November 1906 – 15 September 1998, later married Mandel) was a Danish-Norwegian explorer who in 1935 was the first woman to set foot on Antarctica, although whether this was on the mainland or an island is a matter of dispute.