John Cabot's Voyage.; ITS IMPORTANCE TO ANGLO-SAXON CIVILIZATION POINTED OUT BY LORD DUFFERIN -- A MEMORIAL TOWER AT BRISTOL. Share full article. July 10, 1897.

To commemorate and cash in on John Cabot’s June 24, 1497 landing in North America, the BBC is producing a six-part documentary television series, the centrepiece of which will be a record of the ...

Cabot did set out on a follow-up voyage, leaving England with five ships in 1498, but he didn't make it back to his "New Found Land." All five ships and all hands aboard them were lost at sea.