Cabot

Cabot is a toponym, surname, and corporate name. The most well-known bearer is John Cabot, or Giovanni Caboto (c. 1450–1499), an Italian navigator who sailed for England and, in 1497, reached the coast of present-day Canada, an event widely cited as the European discovery of parts of North America.

Geographic names include Cabot, Arkansas, a city in Lonoke County; Cabot, Vermont, a town in Washington County. In Atlantic Canada the Cabot name is memorialized in geographic features and attractions such as the Cabot Trail, a scenic route along Cape Breton Island in Nova Scotia, and Cabot Tower on Signal Hill in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador.

In business, Cabot Corporation is a U.S.-based multinational that produces specialty chemicals and performance materials. Cabot Creamery Cooperative, based in Vermont, markets Cabot Cheese.