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this is some info from my essay intro... Giovanni Da Verrazano (born in 1485-and died in 1528 approximately) was an Italian Roman Catholic navigator who, in 1524, explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear and North Carolina to Maine while searching for a Northwest Passage to Asia. Verrazano sailed for King Francis I of France. Verrazano's brother, Girolamo Da Verrazano, was a mapmaker who went with Giovanni on his voyage, and mapped the voyage himself.
Giovanni da Verrazzano Also spelled Verrazano
Vasco Da Gama made his famous voyage to India in 1497. He arrived in India in 1498. His Voyage was used to deliver spices from Europe.
Giovanni da Verrazzano sailed along the coast of North Carolina but he did not found any colony.
In 1524, Verrazano explored the Eastern coastline of North America from what is now North Carolina to Newfoundland. Eleven years later in 1535, he set sail for the New World with Jacques Cartier.
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Giovanni da Verrazano discovered Sandy Hook in 1524.
this is some info from my essay intro... Giovanni Da Verrazano (born in 1485-and died in 1528 approximately) was an Italian Roman Catholic navigator who, in 1524, explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear and North Carolina to Maine while searching for a Northwest Passage to Asia. Verrazano sailed for King Francis I of France. Verrazano's brother, Girolamo Da Verrazano, was a mapmaker who went with Giovanni on his voyage, and mapped the voyage himself.
Giovanni da Verrazano in 1524
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Verrazano set sail in 1524
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According to Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giovanni_de_Verrazzano), he was the "first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America...in 1524". Most notably, he traveled from France to New York Bay, stopping also at Cape Fear and Narragansett Bay.
Giovanni da Verrazano was an explorer who served under King Francis I of France. He explored the Atlantic coast of North America in 1524.
Giovanni da Verrazano