Exploration Essay1

Long long ago, when human already made their life comfortable and Industry and commerce are flourishing. They wanted to know more about the world, they want to go to the place that they didn’t know. They decided to go out their country—to exploration. In the exploration they want to find new land and rich. In the end, they didn’t find rich but find some natural resources and new land. This story is one of the European explorer’s exploration . Exploration can give the countries many benefits. It can make the country know more about the world, and develop their science technology. These shows exploration is important for countries, it can make countries rich, it can make countries have advanced science and technology, it also can make the countries peaceful.

John Cabot is a Itailan exploorer.His was born around 1455 in Gaeta, near Naples, and was the son of a merchant. But in 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, Sebastian and Sancio. He sold spices to the eastern Mediterranean, and became a professional mariner. Then, about 1490, Cabot and his family moved to Valencia in Spain because his countryman Christopher Columbus and he wanted to make a group to explore the Atlantic Ocean. The monarchs of both countries wanted to find new way to avoid the Mediterranean and the virtual monopoly on the spice trade held by the Italians. In deeply religious age, Europeans wanted to spread knowledge of Christianity and to sontain spread of Islam. However, neither Portugal nor Spain was interested in John Cabot. They choose him to find the way to Asia-China. In 1497 he arrived in Canada, but he through it is the eastern coast of the Asia. The next year, he arrived in the land that is the eastern coast of the America. He reports the England king that he found a new territory. He found many cod fish at there. He toke some fish back to his country. When he got their country, he became the hero.In the story, Cabot brings the codfish to his country. When he arrived his country, he will tells people where can found the codfish. This can make the country rich.