Giovanni da verrazano
Giovanni da verrazano
My biggest obstacle that he faced was not finding the northwest passage
what country they were hired for
They were trying to find the Northwest Passage.
king HenryThe French king, Francis the first
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He wasn't sailing to France, he sailed to the northeast coast, looking for a northwest passage to Asia.
The French king, Francis the first, was the one of the European rulers who wanted to find the Northwest Passage through North America. In 1524, he sent an Italian sailer, Giovanni da Verrazano, to find it. King François 1
Giovanni da Verrazano was a famous Florentine explorer. In 1524, he was commissioned by King Francis I to search for a Northwest Passage to Asia through North America.
to find fur and lumber and gold
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.