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  1. Giovanni da Verrazzano

    Giovanni da Verrazzano was born around 1485 near Val di Greve, Italy. Verrazzano was introduced to adventure and exploration at an early age. He first headed to Egypt and Syria, places that were ...

  2. Giovanni da Verrazzano

    Verrazzano and his crew then sailed up the coast, and stopped in Newfoundland to resupply. They finished their journey here, and headed back to France. They reached Dieppe on July 8, 1524. Subsequent Voyages Verrazzano made two more voyages to the New World. In 1527, Verrazzano set out on his second voyage.

  3. Giovanni da Verrazzano

    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.. He is renowned as the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between Florida and New ...

  4. Giovanni da Verrazzano

    Giovanni da Verrazzano (born 1485, Tuscany [Italy]—died 1528, Lesser Antilles) was an Italian navigator and explorer for France who was the first European to sight New York and Narragansett bays. European exploration: early voyages. Map depicting the European exploration of the New World in the 15th and 16th centuries, including the voyages ...

  5. Giovanni Da Verrazano

    Giovanni da Verrazano. 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.. Following the Spanish discovery of rich Indian civilizations in Mexico and Peru, other European powers also sought footholds in the New World.

  6. The voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1524-1528

    The voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1524-1528 by Wroth, Lawrence C. (Lawrence Counselman), 1884-1970. ... Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 1485-1528. Relatione della terra per lui scoperta. English & Italian. 1970; Pierpont Morgan Library; Lessing J. Rosenwald Reference Collection (Library of Congress) ...

  7. Giovanni da Verrazzano

    Giovanni da Verrazzano. 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. His explorations demonstrated to Europeans that the coast from Florida to Cape Breton was ...

  8. Giovanni da Verrazzano Biography

    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 ...

  9. Giovanni da Verrazzano, Explorer

    The Voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1524-1528. New Haven, CT, London: Published for the Pierpont Morgan Library by Yale University Press, 1970. The authoritative and unsurpassed study of Verrazzano's voyages, including the text of his 1524 report, never questioned except in part in Hatzoupolos and Virr 1992 (cited in Documentary Evidence).

  10. Biography

    VERRAZZANO ("Janus Verrazanus," the one extant signature on a deed dated 11 May 1526, now in the archives at Rouen, is generally conceded to be a Latinized form of the original Italian spelling), GIOVANNI DA, explorer, navigator, merchant adventurer, the first European, according to authentic record, to sail the coast of America from Florida to Newfoundland; b. c. 1485 in or near ...

  11. Verrazano's voyage along the Atlantic coast of North America, 1524

    Selections from "Giovanni da Verrazzano and his discoveries in North America, 1524...English version, with introduction by Edward Hagaman Hall..1910," published in the Fifteenth annual report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society ... taken from translations of the text published by H.C. Murphy in his "Voyage of Verrazzano ...

  12. American Journeys Background on Voyage of John de Verazzano, along the

    Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485?-1527) was born in or around Florence. Very little is known of Verrazzano's life prior to his first voyage to America. In 1526 Verrazzano and his brother led an unsuccessful French attempt to round Cape Horn but, repulsed by storms, explored the coast of Brazil instead before returning to France the next year.

  13. Giovanni da Verrazzano Interactive Map

    Click on the world map to view an example of the explorer's voyage. How to Use the Map. After opening the map, click the icon to expand voyage information. You can view each voyage individually or all at once by clicking on the to check or uncheck the voyage information. Click on either the map icons or on the location name in the expanded ...

  14. The Voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1524-1528

    Giovanni da Verrazzano was an explorer about whom little is known and much is conjectural. Almost the only certainty is that in 1524, in the caravel Dauphine, he discovered for France the coast from near Cape Fear to Newfoundland.He made other voyages, but from such guidelines as exist it is doubtful that on these he went to places not previously discovered.

  15. PDF The Written Record of the Voyage of 1524 of Giovanni da Verrazano as

    The Written Record of the Voyage of 1524 of Giovanni da Verrazano as recorded in a letter to Francis I, King of France, July 8th, 1524 [Adapted from a translation by Susan Tarrow of the Cellere Codex, in Lawrence C. Wroth, ed., The Voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1524-1528 (Yale, 1970), pp. 133-143]

  16. Verrazzano's Map of Voyages

    Quick Facts: Verrazzano's Map of Voyage (Credit: NASA) Approximate route of the voyage of Giovanni da Verrazzano in North America in 1524.

  17. PDF Giovanni da Verrazzano, Letter to King Francis, 1524

    Verrazzano went ashore near Cape Fear in mid March 1524. ship. Seeing that the land continued to the south [so as not. to meet with the Spaniards], we decided to turn and skirt it toward the north, where we found the land we had sighted earlier. So we anchored off the coast and sent the small boat in to land.

  18. Follow Giovanni da Verrazano's 1524 Voyage to North America

    Giovanni da Verrazzano, an Italian explorer, discovered New York Harbor in 1524 during his exploration of the eastern coast of the United States and Canada. Verrazzano's voyage was commissioned by King Francis I of France, and he sailed from the coast of North Carolina northward, charting the coastline as he went.

  19. Verrazano's voyage along the Atlantic coast of North America, 1524

    Selections from "Giovanni da Verrazzano and his discoveries in North America, 1524...English version, with introduction by Edward Hagaman Hall..1910," published in the Fifteenth annual report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. An extract from the letter of João da Silveira and the letter of Bernardo Carli, taken from translations of the text published by H.C. Murphy in ...

  20. Verrazzano Anchors Off the Carolina Coast.

    March 25, 2016. Verrazzano Anchors Off the Carolina Coast. On March 25, 1524, an expedition under Giovanni da Verrazzano anchored off the coast of North Carolina. The voyage marked the first European exploration of the North Carolina coast. Verrazzano sought a northward sea route to Asia's lucrative markets on behalf of Francis I of France.

  21. The voyage of John de Verazzano, along the coast of North America, from

    Back to Search Results View 30 images in sequence. ... Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 1485-1528. Cogswell, Joseph Green, 1786-1871, tr. Created / Published ... Verrazzano, Giovanni Da, and Joseph Green Cogswell. The voyage of John de Verazzano, along the coast of North America, ...

  22. The voyage of Verrazzano : a chapter in the early history of maritime

    The voyage of Verrazzano : a chapter in the early history of maritime discovery in America by Murphy, ... Topics Verrazzano, Giovanni da, 1485-1528 Publisher New York Albany : Press of J. Munsell Collection cornell; americana Contributor Cornell University Library Language English ... (OCR results, PDF etc.).

  23. The life and voyages of Verrazzano ...

    Portrait - Verrazano 1 photograph : gelatin silver print ; sheet 26 x 21 cm (8 x 10 in. format) | Photograph shows portrait print of explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing right. Contributor: Rizzuto, Angelo Date: 1950-01-01