Complete the text with the given words

• spices

• supplies

• voyage

• explorer

• reached

• set sail

• route

    John Cabot was an Italian [ ] Like Christopher Columbus, he also wanted to find a shorter trade [ ] to Asia, a land believed to be rich in gold and [ ]. Cabot moved to England to find money for his exploration. King Henry VII agreed to help pay for his [ ]. The King gave him [ ] and a ship. Cabot [ ] from Bristol, England in May, 1497 with his ship The Mathew and travelled west across the Atlantic. After a month, he [ ] an unknown land. He called it 'new found land'. Today, it is still known as Newfoundland and is a part of Canada.