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It is likely that Giovanni Caboto (John Cabot), son of a merchant,
was born around 1455 in Genoa where he spent some
time as a boy. By 1461, Cabot was living in Venice,
where he became a citizen. In about 1482, he married a Venetian
woman, Mattea, and they had three sons: Ludovico, Sebastiano
and Sancio. Then around 1490, Cabot and his family moved to Valencia
in Spain. Neither Portugal nor Spain was interested in John Cabot.
As a result, Cabot turned in 1494 or 1495 to
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