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Giovanni De Verrazano By Heather Ahmann

Giovanni De Verrazano was born in 1485, into a wealthy family and was well educated.His funding country was France, even though he was born in Tuscany, Italy. Giovanni's first trip was in January,1524, and he discovered New York Harbor and the present day Hudson River. This trip was made to find another trade route with China by going west. Starting at Florida, he sailed up to present day South Carolina, and then on the outer banks of North Carolina. With that came the discovering of a large inland lake, and in thinking that it was the Pacififc Ocean, a lot of maps were drawn with North America in almost in two, with a narrow piece of land connecting the pieces on the East Coast. Verrazano then he sailed along Long Island and found Block Island and Newport. Along the way, Giovanni's brother, Hieronimo, drew a map, and Giovanni wrote in a notebook. Neither of the brother's work was too acurate, but both were interesting. Verrazano's voyage ended at the Eastern edge of Newfoundland. Afterwards, he returned to King Francis I on July 8, 1524. Verazano took 2 more journeys to America, trading, when on his last trip, he went to Florida, the Bahamas, and in the Lesser Antilles, he wanted to trade with some Indians who where not friendly. Instead of trading, they ate him! And Giovanni's brother,Girolamo, was in a boat that was out of gunshot range so there was nothing Girolamo could do to save his brother from the cannibals.

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