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One of the earliest arrivals was Giovanni da Verrazzano, who toured the Eastern Seaboard in 1524, almost a full century before the Pilgrims arrived.
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One story links it to the Greek Arkadia through Giovanni da Verrazzano, the Florentine navigator who sailed the coast of North America, and gave the name of Arcadia or Acadia to what is now North Carolina, for its handsome trees.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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François, hoping for a piece of the Oriental trade to finance his armies, commissioned Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano to find a passage to the Indies.
Archive 2008-07-01 Julianne Douglas 2008
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Angoulême, the family name of François I, was the original European name the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano gave to the island of Manhattan when he discovered it in 1524.
I Heart New Angoulême? Julianne Douglas 2008
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François, hoping for a piece of the Oriental trade to finance his armies, commissioned Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano to find a passage to the Indies.
I Heart New Angoulême? Julianne Douglas 2008
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The ghost of Giovanni da Verrazzano is haunting me.
Archive 2008-07-01 Julianne Douglas 2008
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One story links it to the Greek Arkadia through Giovanni da Verrazzano, the Florentine navigator who sailed the coast of North America, and gave the name of Arcadia or Acadia to what is now North Carolina, for its handsome trees.
Champlain's Dream David Hackett Fischer 2008
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Angoulême, the family name of François I, was the original European name the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano gave to the island of Manhattan when he discovered it in 1524.
Archive 2008-07-01 Julianne Douglas 2008
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The ghost of Giovanni da Verrazzano is haunting me.
Local Boy's New World Adventure Julianne Douglas 2008
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South Carolina, and of the northern British provinces as far at least as Cape Breton, by Giovanni da Verrazzano, a Florentine, in the service of the king of France, has received until quite recently the assent of all the geographers and historians who have taken occasion to treat of the subject.
The Voyage of Verrazzano A Chapter in the Early History of Maritime Discovery in America Henry Cruse Murphy 1846
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