SETTLING NORTH AMERICA 1497 1732
NORTH AMERICAN EXPLORATION
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A French privateer who made three voyages to the New World.
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An Italian privateer who served the King of France.
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A French explorer who discovered two of the Great Lakes.
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The leader of the Iroquois.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Giovanni da Verrazzano, Verrazzano also spelled Verrazano, (born 1485, Tuscany [Italy]-died 1528, Lesser Antilles), Italian navigator and explorer for France who was the first European to sight New York and Narragansett bays.
Detailed explanation-2: -Giovanni da Verrazzano, explorer (born in or near Florence circa 1485; died in the West Indies circa 1528). Verrazzano explored North America’s eastern coastline on behalf of France, while searching for a westward route to China.
Detailed explanation-3: -He is renowned as the first European to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between Florida and New Brunswick in 1524, including New York Bay and Narragansett Bay.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1523, Verrazzano was commissioned by King Francis I of France to discover a passage to Asia through the New World. The King of France was interested in finding a direct sea route to the Pacific Ocean.
Detailed explanation-5: -Florentine Giovanni da Verrazano in 1523-24 explored the southern and central coast of what became North Carolina while carrying out a reconnaissance of North America for the king of France.