by
Kimberly
 iovanni Da Verrazano was born in 1485 and died in 1528. He was an Italian explorer. In 1524 Verrazano explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine while searching for a Northwest Passage to Asia. Verrazano sailed for king Francois-premier of France. Verrazanoís brother, Girolamo Da Verrazano, was a mapmaker who went with Giovanni on his voyage, and mapped it. Verrazano left Madeira, Spain, on January 17,1524 and landed at Cape Fear on March 1. Verrazano first sailed south, and then he sailed north to New York traveling the bridges that are now named after him. |
