While argument still persists over his birthplace - Venice or Genoa - when he sailed for a British king, his name was anglicized to John Cabot. King Henry VII of England authorized Cabot to "seek ...

In October 2010 he located documents that confirm that Cabot was, as Ruddock claimed, financed by an Italian bank in London. Dr Guidi Bruscoli's discoveries include the location of a 1496 loan made to ...