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Where was John Cabot from? (the discoverer of Newfoundland and Labrador)

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John Cabot (Italian: Giovanni Caboto, Venetian: Zuan Chabotto) was a Venetian navigator and explorer whose 1497 discovery of the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England was the first European exploration of the mainland of North America.
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Who discovered New Zealand?

The English
The Dutch
The French
The Spanish

Whose flagship was used as a model for this replica?

Columbus
James Cook
Francis Drake
Herman Witte

Where did Columbus land in the New World for the first time?

in the Bahamas
in Cuba
in Hispaniola
in Jamaica

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Cape Leeuwin
Cape Horn
Cape Hafun
Cape of Good Hope