A rare gold coin found in Newfoundland, Canada, was minted in England in the 1420s — at least 70 years before European explorer John Cabot set foot in the region. CNN values your feedback 1.

The gold coin, an English quarter noble, was minted 70 years before John Cabot arrived in North America. (Government of Newfoundland and Labrador) A gold coin discovered on Newfoundland's south ...

Ruddock claimed that the friars who accompanied Cabot on his second voyage stayed in Newfoundland and founded the first settlement in North America. Excavations in Newfoundland have uncovered remains ...

Newfoundland and Labrador declared a holiday in 1997 to commemorate 500 years since Cabot’s arrival on its rugged shores, likely in Bonavista or St. John’s.

Discovery Day was a quasi-holiday that was not much loved, but that's not why Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Dwight Ball decided to drop the name, writes John Gushue.

This article was originally published with the title “ John Cabot and the Discovery of Newfoundland ” in SA Supplements Vol. 44 No. 1137supp (October 1897), p. 18180 doi:10.1038 ...

In 1497, John Cabot … The first Native American contact with Europeans probably occurred along the coast of Cape Cod 1,000 years ago. Norsemen from Scandinavia landed in northwest Newfoundland ...

A hardy band of Vikings settled here for a few decades back in the 11th century, and 400 years later Giovanni Caboto – John Cabot to his Bristolian sponsors – kick-started Newfoundland’s ...