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4 days ago · The life and legacy of Italian explorer Giovanni Verrazzano was recently celebrated in events that included an elaborate ceremony in Rehoboth Beach, the debut of a new film in New York City and a visit to Florence, Italy, by a delegation from the Delaware Commission on Italian Heritage and Culture. All the events took place on April 17 to ...
2 days ago · Last Monday night, the Loggia Giovanni da Verrazzano #1236 Order of Sons and Daughters of Italy in America awarded scholarships to 11 seniors at its 36th Annual Scholarship and Excellence in the Study of Italian Ceremony at Tappan Zee High School. Each scholarship winner gave a speech in Italian and in English, thanking the Loggia,… Continue Reading TZHS Hosts Annual Scholarship and ...
3 days ago · When out in Caven Point you quickly realize how special this place this. Just picture what this whole harbor might have looked like almost 500 years ago when Giovanni Da Verrazzano saw this...
1 day ago · STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A former Staten Island congressman will be a member of the upcoming City Charter Review Commission, Mayor Eric Adams announced this week. Former Rep. Max Rose (D-Staten ...
4 days ago · New York, a French history. At the end of the 15th century, a succession of expeditions on behalf of the great European powers took place. In 1523, on behalf of King François I, Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano set sail on a ship named the Dauphine in search of a passage to the Pacific Ocean and the Far East.
5 days ago · Giani a New York ricorda Giovanni Da Verrazzano. Deposti dei fiori presso il monumento a lui dedicato. 17 Apr 2024 17:06. Il presidente della Regione Toscana Eugenio Giani, nel giorno del Verrazzano Day, punta sul ricordo del grande navigatore toscano nato e vissuto fra Firenze e la tenuta dei Verrazzano a Greve (Firenze).
1 day ago · Clockwise from top left: Christopher Columbus, John Cabot, Amerigo Vespucci, and Giovanni da Verrazzano. Italian explorers and navigators from the dominant maritime republics, eager to find an alternative route to the Indies to bypass the Ottoman Empire, played a key role in the Age of Discovery and European colonization of the Americas.
