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While he failed to find the passage to Asia, （） opened the interior of Canada to French for trades and later colonizers.
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In 1497 an Italian named John Cabot sailed west from England hoping to find a new trade route to Asia. Instead he found his way to eastern Canada. His voyage led to a wave of fishing expeditions to the new land. 1497年，一位名叫约翰·卡伯特的意大利人从英国向西航行，希望找到一条通往亚洲的新贸易路线。相反，他找到了去加拿大东部的路。他的航行引起了一批到新大陆的捕鱼探险队。