page_title: John Cabot
section_title: Legacy and honors
hierarchical_section_title: John Cabot / Legacy and honors
caption_attribution_description: Português: Square Cabot, Montreal.
context_page_description: John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century.
  To mark the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Cabot's expedition, both the Canadian and British governments elected Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland, as representing Cabot's first landing site. However, alternative locations have also been proposed.
context_section_description: Giovanni Caboto (1762), painting at Ducal Palace, Venice.
  Cabot Tower (1897) in St. John's, Newfoundland, to commemorate the 400th anniversary of Cabot's voyage.
  Cabot Tower, in Bristol, England. A 30-metre tall red sandstone tower begun in 1897 to mark the 400th anniversary.
  Denis William Eden painting: John Cabot and his sons receive the charter from Henry VII to sail in search of new lands (1910), at Houses of Parliament.
  Giovanni Caboto Club (est. 1925), an Italian club located in Windsor, Ontario.
  A 1952 statue of the explorer is at Bristol's City Hall.
  John Cabot University is a United States-affiliated university established in 1972 in Rome, Italy.
  A 1985 bronze statue of the explorer by Stephen Joyce, is located at Bristol Harbourside.
  A replica of the Matthew of Bristol built to commemorate the 500th anniversary of the 1497 voyage, docked in Bristol.
  A second replica of the Matthew is located at Cape Bonavista.
  The scenic Cabot Trail in the Cape Breton Highlands is named after the explorer.
  John Cabot Academy is an independent school in Bristol, England.
  Cabot Ward was an electoral district in Bristol (abolished in 2016), indirectly named for the explorer and directly after the local Cabot Tower.
  Cabot Squares in London and Montreal.
  Cabot Circus, a 2008 shopping mall in Bristol, named as a result of a citywide poll.
  Cabot Street and Cabot Avenue in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador.
  A bronze statue of the explorer stands at the Confederation Building, St. John's.
  A bronze statue of the explorer is located at Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland. Plaques in English, French and Italian commemorate the historic voyage.
  John Cabot Catholic Secondary School in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada is named after the explorer.
  Giovanni Caboto park located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
caption: Square Cabot, Montreal
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