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 ...

Nov 10, 2014 · Giovanni da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer who charted the Atlantic coast of North America between the Carolinas and Newfoundland, including New York Harbor in 1524. The Verrazano–Narrows ...

Dec 01, 2021 · In all, da Gama's first journey covered nearly 24,000 miles in close to two years, and only 54 of the crew's original 170 members survived. Second Voyage When da Gama returned to Lisbon, he was ...

Oct 29, 2009 · In 1524, Giovanni da Verrazzano was commissioned to locate a northwest passage around North America to India. He was followed in 1534 by Jacques Cartier , who explored the St. Lawrence River as ...

This is the same area Giovanni da Verrazzano had explored previously in 1524. Hudson traveled 150 miles up this river, but found it was not the passage as he had hoped. ... Hudson, his son, and several sick crew members were sent adrift in a small boat. What became of the castaway men is still unknown today. Legacy Henry Hudson was a determined ...

The establishment of the Roanoke Colony (/ ˈ r oʊ ə n oʊ k / ROH-ə-nohk) was an attempt by Sir Walter Raleigh to found the first permanent English settlement in North America.The English, led by Sir Humphrey Gilbert, had claimed St. John's, Newfoundland, in 1583 as the first English territory in North America at the royal prerogative of Queen Elizabeth I.