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WHY HE EXPLORED: Giovanni da Verrazano explored because the King of France wanted to claim new land. Verrazano also wanted to find a northwestern sea passage to China and to capture Spanish ships.
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A bronze statue, set up in 1910, by his admiring fellow countrymen, facing the mouth of the great river on whose east bank the metropolis of the United States has grown, proclaims their conviction that Giovanni da Verrazano, and not Henry Hudson, was its discoverer.
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Giovanni da Verrazzano is most well known for dicovering the ; New York Harbor, Block Island, and Narragansett Bay. He was also the first European explorer to name the new sites in North America after people and places in ... Explorer Fact Sheet - - GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO, 8th Grade Social Studies Class, September 22, 2000;
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Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485-1528) was an Italian navigator who, in 1524, explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine while searching for a Northwest passage to Asia. Verrazzano sailed for King François-premier (Francis I) of France.
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The role of Giovanni da Verrazzano in the history of the United States of America. ... VeGiovanni da Verrazzano Wikipedia Giovanni da Verrazano Giovanni da Verrazzano (c. 1485 – c.1528). Giovanni da Verrazano or Verrazzano (c. 1485 – c.1528) was an early explorer of North America.
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More on Giovanni da Verrazano from Infoplease: ... New York, city, United States: History - History The Colonial Period Although Giovanni da Verrazano was probably the first European to .. ... Related content from HighBeam Research on: Giovanni da Verrazano...
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More on Giovanni da Verrazano from Fact Monster: ... New York, city, United States: History - History The Colonial Period Although Giovanni da Verrazano was probably the first European to ... ... Maryland: History - History Exploration and Colonization Giovanni da Verrazano, an Italian navigator in the service of ..
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Giovanni da Verrazzano (also spelled Giovanni da Verrazano) explored the east coast of what is now the United States in 1525. He is best known for being the discoverer of New York Harbor and for mistaking Pamlico Sound for the Pacific...
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