Place to go to rejected by taxi navigator (4,5)

I believe the answer is:

john cabot

'navigator' is the definition.
(Italian navigator)

'place to go to rejected by taxi' is the wordplay.
'place to go' becomes 'john' (slang term for a toilet).
'rejected' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'taxi' becomes 'cab' ('cab' can be a synonym of 'taxi').
'to' backwards is 'ot'.
'ot' after 'cab' is 'cabot'.
'john'+'cabot'='JOHN CABOT'

(Another definition for john cabot that I've seen is " Explorer".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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