Human Interest

John Cabot in traditional Venetian garb by Giustino Menescardi (1762). A mural painting in the Sala dello Scudo in the Palazzo Ducale, Venice. While Christopher Columbus' monumentally bad sense of direction in 1492, which led to his discovery of the Americas, has been celebrated down the centuries as the pinnacle of the Age of Discovery, the equally confused meanderings of his countryman, John Cabot, have perhaps received less attention than they deserve.

Via Kent College History