

The results of his quest, including his fate, are unknown.Ĭabot, an Italian explorer, disappeared along with his five ships during an expedition to find a western route from Europe to Asia.

Majorcan sailor who sailed down the west coast of Africa in search of the "River of Gold". While numerous theories exist about his and his crew's fate, including that he had reached the New World, nothing has been confirmed with certainty. The supposed ninth mansa of the Mali Empire who vanished during an expedition to discover the edge of the Atlantic Ocean. Their two galleys sailed out of the Mediterranean Sea and into the Atlantic Ocean, but were not heard from again. The Genoese sailor and explorer brothers were lost while attempting the first oceanic journey from Europe to Asia.
