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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, Italian navigator and explorer for France who was the first European to sight New York and Narragansett bays. He was the first European explorer to name newly discovered North American sites after persons and places in the Old World.
Age of Discovery. Quick Facts: He explored much of the North American east coast from North Carolina up to Maine, and was the first European to reach present day New York. Name: Giovanni da Verrazzano [jaw-vahn-nee] [dah] [ver-uh-zah-noh; (Italian) ver-rah-tsah-naw] Birth/Death: 1485 CE - 1528 CE. Nationality: Florentine. Birthplace: Italy.
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 ...
May 23, 2018 · The Italian navigator and explorer Giovanni da Verrazano (ca. 1485-ca. 1528) made a voyage to North America in 1524-1525, in the service of France, during which he explored and charted the Atlantic coast of North America.
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.
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 ...
Sailing for France, the Italian navigator and explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first European to sight New York and Narragansett bays. His explorations gave France its claim to the New World. Verrazzano was born in 1485 in Tuscany (now in Italy).
Nov 19, 2014 · The Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is named for both the Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano who, while in the service of Francis I of France, became in 1524 the first European to enter New York Harbor and the Hudson River, and for the body of water it spans: the Narrows.
