Answer:
He was sailing for England and laid claim to American soil.
Explanation:
John Cabot was a Venetian navigator that was commissioned by the King of England who gave him letters patent to any new lands he would find in the new world and to create and have a monopoly of whatever might be traded and the merchandise that could be exploited in the lands he discovered, this was very important because he then sailed to America and claimed lands for america, he died thinking that he had found a passage to Asia and that he had arrived at North east Asia.
