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SEBASTIAN CABOT
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• SEBASTIAN CABOT (noun)
The noun SEBASTIAN CABOT has 1 sense:
1. son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
Familiarity information: SEBASTIAN CABOT used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Son of John Cabot who was born in Italy and who led an English expedition in search of the Northwest Passage and a Spanish expedition that explored the La Plata region of Brazil; in 1544 he published a map of the world (1476-1557)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Cabot; Sebastian Cabot
Instance hypernyms:
cartographer; map maker (a person who makes maps)
adventurer; explorer (someone who travels into little known regions (especially for some scientific purpose))
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