ITALST292 Lecture Notes - The Province, Italian Identity, John Cabot
28 Mar 2013
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What is emigration: emigration (exit) is the act of leaving one country or region to settle in another. Immigration (in) is the act of arriving in another country for the purposes of settlement. Cristoforo colombo, genoese, sailed for spain in 1492, came upon shores of n. america in search of india. In search of spices and other luxurious things. Giovanni caboto (john cabot) sailed for england in 1497, landed on shores of newfoundland: bona vista habour: john cabot said bona vista when finally reaching there. Amerigo vespucci of florence explored shores of venezuela, name given to america. Father giuseppe bressani, in huronia (present day ste. Marie among the hurons, midland, ontario: new france (present day quebec) 1500-1870: sizable number of italians go to british colonies of americas. Post-1861: by end 19th century 7 million italians left= italy"s #1 social and economic problem. Italy became a country in 1861; it was an unstable period because they had too many people leaving.
