A cikin 1496, Sarki Henry VII na Ingila, bayan nasarar Spain da Portugal a cikin bincike na kasashen waje, ya ba John Cabot izinin jagorantar tafiya don gano hanyar zuwa Asiya ta hanyar Arewacin Atlantic. Cabot ya tashi a 1497, shekaru biyar bayan ganowar Turai na Amurka, amma ya sauka a bakin tekun Newfoundland, kuma, ya yi kuskure ya yi imani (kamar Christopher Columbus) cewa ya isa Asiya, babu wani ƙoƙari na kafa mulkin mallaka. Cabot ya jagoranci wani tafiya zuwa Amurka a shekara mai zuwa amma ba a sake jin komai ba game da jiragensa. Babu wani ƙoƙari na kafa mulkin mallaka na Ingilishi a Amurka har sai bayan da Sarauniya Elizabeth I ta sake komawa, a cikin shekarun da suka gabata na karni na 16. A halin yanzu, Dokar Restraint ta 1533 ta ba John Cabot damar jagorantar tafiya don gano hanyar zuwa Asiya ta hanyar Arewacin Atlantic. A wannan lokacin, John Drake ya yi amfani da wannan lokaci don sake gina tashar jiragen ruwa mai zurfi daga Faransa zuwa Tekun Atlantic, kuma daga baya ya yi amfani da shi a matsayin mai amfani daukakawa don sake gina tashar jiragen ruwa mai zurfi daga Faransa zuwa Faransa, da kuma ya yi
Ingila da Scotland