1. (noun)Cabot, Sebastian Cabot son of JohnCabot who was born in Italy and who led an Englishexpedition 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)
2. (noun)Cabot, John Cabot, Giovanni Cabato Italian explorer who led the Englishexpedition in 1497 that discovered the mainland of North America and explored the coast from Nova Scotia to Newfoundland (ca. 1450-1498)