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Originally Posted by Architype
^ Yes it's fascinating, thanks for giving us a new(er) perspective on some of these things Trevor3.
I can't understand though how John Cabot would not have had an Italian name if he was born in Italy.
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He likely did, if he was in fact Italian. There is a case to be made that he was actually Portugese or Spanish and possibly never set foot in Italy in his life. Though I can't remember much of that theory. Maybe I'll dig up some of my old notes and see if I can find it.
If he was Italian he was either Zuan Chabatto or Juan Cabotto. Or he could be Spanish, in which case Cabot could be an anglicism of the Spanish place name "Cabo".