"IT" was not invented in 1497.
You are thinking of John Cabot.
Sir Francis Drake sailed along the west coast of the United States, landing in 1579 and spending time in what is now California.
Vasco da Gama.The expedition left from Lisbon, went to the Cape Verde Islands, Mozabmbique, Mobasa, Malindi, and from there to Calicut, India. The journey was from 1497 to 1499.
Batolomeu Dias spent several years exploring. From 1487-1488 he voyaged around the southern tip of Africa. In 1497 he went to the Cape Verde Islands and in 1500 he sailed westward.
Giovanni Caboto.
Giovanni Caboto was an Italian explorer commissioned by Henry VII of England in 1497. He sailed under the name John Cabot.
Many nations were represented by the many explorers who sailed in 1497.
John Cabot
John Cabot sailed under King Henry VII of England, so the King would have paid him.
John Cabot was an Italian navigator and explorer who sailed for England.
Sebastian Cabot sailed for England, and King Henry VII. Cabot's ship, the Mathew, sailed from Bristol with a crew of eighteen in 1497.
John Cabot explored for a total of two years. Cabot was born in 1450 and he died in 1499. He sailed to Canada in 1497. He sailed to England next where he died. He claimed land for England.
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John Cabot sailed on his first voyage in approximately May 1497.
no he sailed in 1481
John Cabot's ship, the Matthew, left Bristol, England during May of 1497. During this voyage he discovered Newfoundland and Labrador and several other outlying areas that eventually became part of Canada.