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John Cabot (other)
John Cabot (1450–1500; ; ), was a Venetian explorer from Genoa for England John Cabot may also refer to: Places * John Cabot Building, St. John's, Newfoundland Island, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada; see List of tallest buildings in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador * John Cabot House, Beverly, Massachusetts, USA; an NRHP-listed building Schools * John Cabot University, Rome, Italy; a private university * John Cabot Academy, Bristol, England, UK; a technical college secondary school * John Cabot Catholic Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada; a highschool People * John Moors Cabot (1901–1981), U.S. diplomat and ambassador to several countries * , founder of the Boston Brahmin Cabot family * , American privateer and sea captain, member of the Boston Brahmin Cabot family, namesake of the John Cabot House * John Cabot (politician), American politician who contested in the 1796–97 United States House of Representatives elections * John Cabot (American football), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Cabot
John Cabot ( ; 1450 – 1499) was an Italians, Italian navigator and exploration, explorer. His 1497 voyage to the coast of North America under the commission of Henry VII of England, Henry VII, King of England is the earliest known European exploration of coastal North America since the Norse visits to Vinland in the eleventh century. To mark the celebration of the 500th anniversary of Cabot's expedition, both the Canadian and British governments declared Cape Bonavista, Newfoundland (island), Newfoundland as representing Cabot's first landing site. However, alternative locations have also been proposed. Name and origins Cabot is known today as Giovanni Caboto in Italian, Zuan Caboto in Venetian language, Venetian, Jean Cabot in French, and John Cabot in English. This resulted from a once-ubiquitous European tradition of nativizing names in local documents, something often adhered to by the actual persons themselves. (Many European names have root origins but diverged ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rosa 'John Cabot'
''Rosa'' 'John Cabot' is a dark pink Hybrid Kordesii, shrub rose, bred by Canadian rose breeder, Felicitas Svejda in 1969. It was introduced in Canada in 1978 by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada. It was the first of the Canadian Explorer roses that Svejda developed and named in honour of legendary Canadian explorers. Description 'John Cabot' is a tall, bushy hybrid Kordesii shrub rose, in height, with a spread. It has a double (17–25) cupped, bloom form of medium-sized petals. Flower color ranges from dark pink to reddish-purple, sometimes with streaks of white, and the colour fades as blooms age. Flowers are borne in clusters of 3–10. 'John Cabot' flowers abundantly in the first seven weeks of the season, then occasionally until the autumn, when it has a final, big flowering. The rose has a light, musky fragrance, and has light green, glossy foliage. Leaves are susceptible to blackspot. 'John Cabot' has an arching growth habit, and in warmer climates can be trained as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caboto (other)
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Caboto may refer to: *John Cabot (c. 1450–c. 1500), Italian explorer known as Giovanni Caboto in Italian * Sebastian Cabot (explorer) (c. 1474–1557), Italian explorer known as Sebastiano Caboto in Italian * , an Italian naval vessel in service as a gunboat from 1913 to 1938 and as a submarine tender from 1938 to 1943 See also * Sebastian Cabot (actor) Charles Sebastian Thomas Cabot (6 July 1918 – 23 August 1977) was a British actor. He is best remembered as the valet, gentleman's gentleman Giles French in the CBS-TV sitcom ''Family Affair'' (1966–1971). He was also known for p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giovanni (other)
Giovanni may refer to: * Giovanni (name), an Italian male given name and surname * Giovanni (meteorology), a Web interface for users to analyze NASA's gridded data * ''Don Giovanni'', a 1787 opera by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, based on the legend of Don Juan * Giovanni (Pokémon), boss of Team Rocket in the fictional world of Pokémon * Giovanni (World of Darkness), a group of vampires in ''Vampire: The Masquerade/World of Darkness'' roleplay and video game * "Giovanni", a song by Band-Maid from the 2021 album ''Unseen World'' * ''Giovanni's Island'', a 2014 Japanese anime drama film * ''Giovanni's Room'', a 1956 novel by James Baldwin * Via Giovanni, places in Rome See also * * *Geovani *Giovanni Battista *San Giovanni (other) San Giovanni, the Italian form of Saint John, is a name that may refer to dozens of saints. It may also refer to several places (most of them in Italy) and religious buildings: Places Albania * Shëngjin, a coastal town formerly known as San Gio . ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
History Makers (TV Series)
''History Makers'' was a documentary film series of biographies of Canadian politicians by various directors originally produced in from 1959 to 1964 in anticipation of the Centennial of Confederation by the National Film Board and later aired on CBC Television in 1970. Production Seventeen episodes, depicting Canada from pre-Confederation to the 1950s, were produced by the National Film Board with each costing around $40,000 for the Canadian Centennial. Donald Creighton and Guy Frégault Guy Frégault (June 16, 1918 – December 13, 1977) was a Canadian historian and writer from Quebec. He worked at the history department of Montreal University. Biography Frégault was born in Montreal on June 16, 1918. He lived his childhoo ... reviewed the historical research and scripts. ''Louis-Joseph Papineau: The Demi-God'' and ''Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine'' were the only episodes directed by French-speakers. Episodes References Works cited * External links * ''The History ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wendy Mass
Wendy Mass (born April 22, 1967) is an American author of young adult novels and children's books. Her 2003 novel, '' A Mango-Shaped Space'' won the American Library Association (ALA) Schneider Family Book Award for Middle School in 2004. Her other notable works include: '' 11 Birthdays'', '' A Mango-Shaped Space'' and '' Every Soul a Star''. Mass's novel '' Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life'' was adapted into a feature film in 2011. Early life Born in Livingston, New Jersey, Mass's favorite subjects in school were reading and science. Wendy worked at town libraries and bookstores. As a child she would compete with friends to see who could read the most books; this helped develop her writing skills. Her first career vision was to be an astronaut. Mass's first story, co-written by her two siblings, starred a cat that somehow turned into a goat and destroyed her neighborhood. In high school, Mass worked at a local bookstore and continued to hone her writing skills. She to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Parker Winship
George Parker Winship (July 29, 1871 – June 22, 1952) was an American librarian, author, teacher, and bibliographer born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts. He graduated from Harvard in 1893. Early life and career Went from the Somerville Latin School to Harvard College, where he received an A.B ''cum laude'' in 1893 and an A.M. in 1894. He was librarian of a private collection of Americana formed by John Carter Brown at Providence, Rhode Island, from 1895 to 1915. Winship's interest in contemporary fine printing was to some extent connected with the Club of Odd Volumes in Boston, of which he became a non-resident member in 1898. Winship was also elected a member of the American Antiquarian Society in 1899. In 1915 Winship became librarian of the Harry Elkins Widener collection, which had just opened. He was also appointed a lecturer on the history of printing and championed the use of rare books in education. In 1926, he became Assistant Librarian of Widener's Treasure Room, wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Murder, She Wrote Characters
A list is a set of discrete items of information collected and set forth in some format for utility, entertainment, or other purposes. A list may be memorialized in any number of ways, including existing only in the mind of the list-maker, but lists are frequently written down on paper, or maintained electronically. Lists are "most frequently a tool", and "one does not ''read'' but only ''uses'' a list: one looks up the relevant information in it, but usually does not need to deal with it as a whole".Lucie Doležalová,The Potential and Limitations of Studying Lists, in Lucie Doležalová, ed., ''The Charm of a List: From the Sumerians to Computerised Data Processing'' (2009). Purpose It has been observed that, with a few exceptions, "the scholarship on lists remains fragmented". David Wallechinsky, a co-author of ''The Book of Lists'', described the attraction of lists as being "because we live in an era of overstimulation, especially in terms of information, and lists help us ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2011 Penn State Nittany Lions Football Team
The 2011 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State University in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Joe Paterno for the first nine games until he was fired in the wake of the Penn State sex abuse scandal, with defensive coordinator Tom Bradley taking over as interim head coach for the remainder of the season. The team played its home games in Beaver Stadium in University Park, Pennsylvania, US. They were members of the Big Ten Conference in the newly formed Leaders Division. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in the Leaders Division to be co–division champions with Wisconsin. Due to their head-to-head loss to Wisconsin, they did not represent the division in the inaugural Big Ten Championship Game. They were invited to the TicketCity Bowl where they lost to Houston 14–30. The team was ranked number one in academic achievement out of the top 25 ranked BCS teams. Preseason The team captains for Penn S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
