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Giovanni da Verrazzano

Florentine explorer who mapped North America's east coast for France.

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The earliest recorded European exploration of that segment of the Atlantic Coast is his journey.[1]

Life and work

Verrazzano was born in Val di Greve, south of Florence, and recent research indicates he was born on July 20, 1491.[2] Verrazzano's ship La Dauphine departed on January 17, 1524, and neared Cape Fear on March 21, 1524.[3][4] His final voyage left Dieppe in early 1528, and he was allegedly killed and eaten by native Caribs on the island of Guadeloupe.[5][6] He took up residence in Dieppe, a port in the Kingdom of France, after 1506 and started his navigation career there.[7]

Around 1508, he likely sailed for the American coast with captain Thomas Aubert aboard the vessel La Pensée.[8] A second voyage was organized by Verrazzano in early 1527; he reached Brazil, took on a load of brazilwood, and came back to Dieppe in September.[9]

What the cited sources add

The Smithsonian Magazine account notes that the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, honoring the explorer, boasted the longest suspended span in the world at 4,260 feet when it opened 50 years ago.[10] The same source states that the bridge did not spell Verrazzano's name correctly.[10]

References

  1. Wikipedia, "Giovanni da Verrazzano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Giovanni Da Verrazzano Historical Marker", Hmdb.org (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  2. Wikipedia, "Giovanni da Verrazzano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Morison, "The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages", Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 283; Giovanni Da Verrazzano, "Life" – Centro Studi Da Verrazzano.; Henry C. Murphy, The Voyage of The Verrazzano, Kessinger Publishing, 2004, p. 90. – Google Books; Dale Anderson et al., Explorers and Exploration, Marshall Cavendish Corporation, 2005, p. 765: "Giovanni da Verrazzano was born into a wealthy family in the Cas; "Verrazano, Giovanni da" entry in David Buisseret, The Oxford Companion to World Exploration, vol. 2, Oxfo en.wikipedia.org
  3. Wikipedia, "Giovanni da Verrazzano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Shaw, "Discoverers and Explorers", American Book Company, 1900, p. 103 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Giovanni da Verrazzano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Verrazano's Voyage Along the Atlantic Coast of North America, 1524, translation of letters by Giovanni da Verrazzano (University of the State of New York, 1916) (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Giovanni da Verrazzano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Giovanni da Verrazzano, Italian navigator", Encyclopaedia Britannica, January 1, 2019 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Giovanni da Verrazzano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Wroth, "The Voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1524–1528", Yale University Press, 1970, p. 237; Morison, "The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages", Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 315 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Giovanni da Verrazzano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Morison, "The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages", Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 260–261 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Giovanni da Verrazzano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Morison, "The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages", Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 260–261; "Carolana Explorers – Giovanni Da Verrazzano", www.carolana.com (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Giovanni da Verrazzano" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Morison, "The European Discovery of America: The Northern Voyages", Oxford University Press, 1971, p. 314 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Adler, "The History of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, 50 Years After Its Construction", Smithsonian Magazine. facts only, no text reused. smithsonianmag.com

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