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Giovanni da Verrazzano (/ ˌ v ɛr ə ˈ z ɑː n oʊ,-ə t ˈ s ɑː-/ VERR-ə-ZAH-noh, -ət-SAH-, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni da (v)verratˈtsaːno]; often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1485–1528) was an Italian explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France.
Giovanni da Verrazzano (born 1485, Tuscany [Italy]—died 1528, Lesser Antilles) was an Italian navigator and explorer for France who was the first European to sight New York and Narragansett bays.
Aug 2, 2023 · Giovanni da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland, including New York Harbor in 1524.
Giovanni da Verrazzano (also spelled Verrazano) was born in 1485. Not much about his early life is known, and the exact location of his birth is unsure. But many historians believe he was born in Tuscany, Italy.1 He was the son of Piero Andrea de Bernardo da Verrazzano and Fiammetta Cappelli.
Giovanni da Verrazzano. Born in Italy in the year 1485, Giovanni da Verrazzano explored the continent of North America extensively during his life, but in the name of France, not Italy. Much of his fame came from his explorations of North America’s Atlantic coast from the Carolinas up to Newfoundland, and he was the first to do so after Norse ...
Jan 12, 2023 · Giovanni da Verrazzano was a navigator of Tuscan origin, said to be born either in 1491 (or less likely in 1485), who, between 7 March 1524 (sighting of Cape Fear, North Carolina) and early July 1524 (arrival in Dieppe), led his ship Dauphine in the earliest known European exploration of the Eastern coasts of what are now the United States and ...
Jan 7, 2008 · Giovanni da Verrazzano, explorer (born in or near Florence circa 1485; died in the West Indies circa 1528). Verrazzano explored North America’s eastern coastline on behalf of France, while searching for a westward route to China.
Giovanni da Verrazzano. 1485-1528. Italian discoverer who was the first European to explore and chart the Atlantic coastline from Newfoundland to as far south as North Carolina, including what is now known as the New York harbor.
Aug 1, 2017 · Verrazzano was an educated and experienced navigator who sailed, under the French flag, along the northeast coast of America in 1524, and provided descriptive accounts of the land, fauna, flora, and people.
