Giovanni da Verrazzano
By: Katie Thompson
Born in Florence, Italy 1485
Amazing feats- During his period of a pirate,1522, he captured a Spanish treasure ship laden with gold.
Verrazzano wrote to Francis I and said that he was sure that the Sound was the start of the Pacific Ocean and he believed the gateway to gaining access to China via the ocean passage.
Accomplishment- Giovanni da Verrazzano also discovered a "beautiful" harbor naming it Angouleme - which would later be called Manhattan. And lots of the side of North America
Route
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.
Characteristics
During a voyage
Purpose and Outcome of his voyage
The Final Voyage and Death
In March 1528, he left from France because he didnt find what he wanted the first the time. This time he sailed along the coast of Florida and drifting into the Caribbean Sea.
While sailing south of Jamaica, his crew spotted a heavily vegetated, and no people on the island, and Verrazzano dropped anchor to explore it with a handful of crewmen. The group was soon attacked by a large group of cannibalistic natives who killed them and ate them all.