Giovanni da Verrazano

A Florentine navigator named Giovanni da Verrazano, in the service of France, explored the coastal area of North Carolina between the Cape Fear River area and Kitty Hawk.

History of American Women Maggiemac 2008

April 17, 1524: A ship named the Dauphine, commanded by a Florentine explorer, Giovanni da Verrazano, sails into what he describes as a "beautiful harbor."

Start Spreading the News 2008

Every school child knows that Columbus crossed the Atlantic in 1492, soon to be followed by other great Italian explorers -- Amerigo Vespucci, John Cabot, Giovanni da Verrazano.

Remarks At Arrival Ceremony For Prime Minister Prodi ITY National Archives 1998

Giovanni da Verrazano, a well-known corsair, in 1524, received a commission from that brilliant and dissipated king, Francis the First, who had become jealous of the enormous pretensions of Spain and Portugal in the new world, and had on one occasion sent word to

Canada J. G. Bourinot

Giovanni da Verrazano, and not Henry Hudson, was its discoverer.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913

_Notes on Giovanni da Verrazano_, by J.C. Brevoort, New York, 1874, p. 101. 23.

Voyages of Samuel De Champlain — Volume 01 Samuel de Champlain 1601

In 1524 Giovanni da Verrazano reached present-day New York harbor.

The New Editor 2009

The first person to chart this group of small islands, in 1524, was the same man who discovered the bays off the island of Manhattan-the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano.

Laudator Temporis Acti 2009

Giovanni da Verrazano - the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America.

The Latin Americanist 2008

In 1524, Giovanni da Verrazano reached present-day New York Harbor.

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