Verrazzano biography

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Giovanni da Verrazzano, Explorer
by
Luca Codignola
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Guidi Bruscoli, Francesco. “Giovanni da Verrazzano.” In Amerigo Vespucci e i mercanti viaggiatori fiorentini del Cinquecento. Edited by Margherita Azzari and Leonardo Rombai, – Florence: Firenze University Press,

A good biographical entry, still considering Verrazzano’s traditional date of birth as the most plausible.

Habert, Jacques. La vie et les voyages de Jean de Verrazane. Ottawa, ON: Le Circle du Livre de France,

The earliest detailed biography of Verrazzano, unfortunately published without its scholarly apparatus. Uses Archives départementales de la Seine Maritime and Bibliothèque Nationale. Originally published in

Habert, Jacques. Verrazane: Quand New York s’appelait Angoulême. Paris: Éditions Perrin,

A popular biographical study based on the authors’ previous research.

Miroglio, Andrea. “Giovanni da Verrazzano.” In Nuovo Mondo: Gli italiani –. Edited by Paolo Collo and Pier Luigi Crovetto, – Turin, Italy: Giulio Einaudi,

A very good summary of Verrazzano’s travels before and after , emphasizing the role of Italian 19th-century historiography.

Mollat du Jourdin, Michel, and Jac

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Giovanni da Verrazzano

Explorer

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

Giovanni Da Verrazzano

“Giovanni Da Verrazzano,” Harper’s Encyclopedia of United States History, from AD to , , From The Library at The Mariners’ Museum, EL8.

Introduction
Nearly 85 years before Henry Hudson reached present day Hudson Bay in New York, Giovanni da Verrazzano had previously sailed there. Verrazzano voyaged to the New World in search of a passage to Asia. He had sailed along and explored most of the eastern coast of the United States. Once he reached North America, he followed the coast for several months where he encountered numerous native peoples. Some of these natives would be less friendly, and ultimately lead to a grim fate for Verrazzano.