John and sebastian cabot sailed back across the north atlantic with bad news for their patron king henry instead of a short sea route to japan and india they had found only rocky icy coasts it was as a mere afterthought that they mentioned that they had visited a place near what they called new found isle 约翰和塞巴斯蒂安卡伯特穿过北大西洋航行归来,给其恩主英王亨利七世带回了不祥的消息:他们没有找到通往日本和印度的海上捷径,只发现了多岩石的冰封的海岸。