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	Giovanni da Verrazzano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This mistake led mapmakers, starting with Visconte Maggiolo in 1527 and Giovanni's brother Girolamo da Verrazzano in 1529, to draw North America as being almost split in two by the "Sea of Verazzano", the two parts connected by a thin land bridge on the east coast.
		The cause of Verrazzano's death is not known for certain.
		Verrazzano's obscure reputation was particularly true in New York City, where the 1609 voyage of Henry Hudson came to be regarded as the de facto start of the European exploration of New York.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giovanni_da_Verrazzano (978 words)

	Discoverers Web: Verrazzano
		Giovanni da Verrazzano (also spelled Giovanni da Verrazano) explored the east coast of what is now the United States in 1525.
		Although we do not know this for sure, it is generally assumed that Verrazzano was born in or around 1485, on his family's castle, Castello Verrazzano, near Val di Greve, 30 miles south of Florence.
		Giovanni was going ashore in a boat to greet the natives, wading the last part while the boat, with his brother, remained at sea.
	www.win.tue.nl /~engels/discovery/verrazzano.html (1229 words)

	Giovanni da Verrazzano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Giovanni was born in 1485 in Tuscany, Italy.
		Giovanni wrote some false reports about the native people that he met, and he even stole a native child to take back to France with him on one of his voyages.
		Giovanni da Verrazzano died at the age of 43.
	www.east-buc.k12.ia.us /00_01/Exp/gvd/gvd.htm (365 words)

	Giovanni da Verrazzano
		Verrazzano was born in Tuscany, near Florence, and was the recipient of a thorough education.
		Verrazzano's accomplishments were honored in the 1964 dedication of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, which links Brooklyn and Staten Island in New York Harbor.
		Wroth, The Voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano (1970...
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h534.html (515 words)

	Verrazzano
		The Castle of Verrazzano is located on the hilltop in the Chianti Classico area, the first grape growing and wine producing area in the world to be determined by an official proclamation, made by the grand Duke Cosimo III de' Medici in 1716.
		Giovanni da Verrazzano, who discovered the bay of New York and the main part of the east coast of America, was in fact born here in 1485.
		The "vineyards situated in Verrazzano" are mentioned in a manuscript which dates back to 1170 and is preserved at the abbey of Passignano.
	www.smallwinemakers.ca /Verrazzano.html (548 words)

	Verrazzano (1524) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Giovanni da Verrazzano, an explorer, navigator and merchant, was born in Florence or the vicinity around 1485.
		As in the cases of John Cabot and Jacques Cartier, we know almost nothing about Verrazzano before his first voyage of discovery to America, which he undertook in 1524 under the sponsorship of France.
		In 1528 Verrazzano undertook a second voyage in search of the undiscoverable passage to Asia, this time to the south of the region he had explored previously.
	www.collectionscanada.ca /passages/h8-263-e.html (92 words)

	The Naming of the Verrazzano
		Verrazzano's report to Francis I contained the first description of the northeastern coast of North America and gave France its claim to American lands.
		The manager stated that he had never heard of Verrazzano and that the name was too long and difficult to spell and pronounce.
		Once the bill naming the proposed bridge in honor of Verrazzano was introduced in the State Assembly, the Staten Island Chamber of Commerce joined the fight against the name.
	www.italianhistorical.org /VerrazzanoBridgeStory.htm (799 words)

	Verrazzano
		Giovanni Da Verrazzano sailed for France and lived in Italy.
		Verrazzano continued on his journey with a 100 ton ship and 50 men only to find nothing but about how long the coast line is. He also proved that the land is not Asia.
		Verrazzano took two more voyages, and on the second voyage he was killed and eaten by cannibals in about 1528.
	www.3rd1000.com /history3/explorers/verrazzano.htm (186 words)

	Giovanni da Verrazzano
		Giovanni da Verrazzano came from a good Italian family and was a well educated Renaissance man
		Giovanni da Verrazzano travelled the seas as a pirate, or Privateer sailing for King Francis I of France, attacking ships belonging to the Spanish and the Portuguese
		Giovanni da Verrazzano explored the coast of North America - Cape Fear, New York Bay, the North Carolina coast, Maine and Nova Scotia
	www.elizabethan-era.org.uk /giovanni-da-verrazzano.htm (473 words)

	Giovanni Da Verrazzano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Giovanni da Verrazzano (also spelled Verrazano) was born in Tuscany, Italy in 1485 and died in 1528 in the Lesser Antilles.
		In January of 1524, Verrazzano set sail, his vessel being named La Dauphine (a term traditionally used to refer to the eldest son of the king - the individual immediately in line to the throne).
		Virtually unknown, Verrazzano was raised from obscurity by the efforts of John N. LaCorte, founder of the Italian Historical Society of America, who was instrumental in having the bridge spanning the entrance to New York Harbor at the narrows and joining Staten Island and Brooklyn named
	www.italianhistorical.org /verrazzano.htm (291 words)

	Giovanni da Verrazzano - Wikipedia
		Giovanni da Verrazzano nacque a Val di Greve, a sud di Firenze intorno al 1485, figlio di Piero Andrea da Verrazzano e di Fiametta Capelli.
		Questa registrazione portò a molti errori cartografici nel secolo successivo in Visconte di Maggiolo nel 1527 e in Girolamo da Verrazzano (fratello di Giovanni) nel 1529 che vedevano il continente nordamericano diviso in due parti, unite da un piccolo istmo sulla costa atlantica.
		Giovanni Da Verrazzano fece numerosi scali durante la sua esplorazione entrando in contatto coi Nativi americani della costa.
	it.wikipedia.org /wiki/Giovanni_da_Verrazzano (587 words)

	GIOVANNI DA VERRAZZANO STATUE - Historical Sign
		Verrazzano, the son of a noble family, was born at the Castello Verrazzano in Greve near Florence, Italy.
		On this voyage, Verrazzano explored the coast line now comprising the eastern seaboard of the United States and Canada, and, in 1524, became the first European known to have entered New York Bay.
		During the reconstruction of Battery Park (1940-52), the deteriorated and vandalized base was replaced by a simpler polished granite block in 1951, and a portion of Verrazzano’s cloak was severed to accommodate this change.
	www.nycgovparks.org /sub_your_park/historical_signs/hs_historical_sign.php?id=12324 (450 words)

	Verrazano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Giovanni da Verrazzano explored the east- coast of the United States in 1525.
		Giovanni da Verrazzano qas known best for discovering New York Harbor, but he mistaken it for Pamilo Sound for the Pacific.
		Verrazzano came upon a discovery after New York Harbor, and anchored in the Narrows, later named after him and now spanned by the Verrazzano Narrows bridge.
	www.wadsworth.k12.oh.us /central/Explorers/Verrazano.htm (747 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Vasco da Gama
		The nautical problem, therefore, to be solved by Vasco da Gama was clearly outlined, and the course for the sea route to the East Indies designated.
		In January, 1497, the command of the expedition was solemnly conferred upon Vasco da Gama, and on 8 July, 1497, the fleet sailed from Lisbon under the leadership of Vasco, his brother Paulo, and Nicoláo Coelho, with a crew of about one hundred and fifty men.
		He was appointed to the newly created post of Admiral of the Indian Ocean, which carried with it a high salary, and the feudal rights over Sines were assured to him.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06374a.htm (649 words)

	Quahog.org: Rhode Island's Charms Appealed to a Long-ago Visitor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Verrazzano wrote that the port was on the same latitude as Rome, "but somewhat colder on account of chance and not on account of nature..." His identification of rocky islands "adapted for the building of any desired engine or bulwark for its protection" fits the description of Jamestown's Colonial Fort Dumpling, later named Fort Wetherill.
		Verrazzano was so delighted with Narragansett Bay and the Wampanoag natives that he made his only exception to his practice of mooring in the open sea and agreed to drop anchor in protected Newport Harbor.
		It was Verrazzano, however, who left the written record of his visit and the beauty and pleasure of Narragansett Bay and the Wampanoag Indians.
	www.quahog.org /factsfolklore/index.php?id=103 (930 words)

	Explorers - V - EnchantedLearning.com
		VERRAZZANO, GIOVANNI DA Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485-1528) was an Italian navigator who, in 1524, explored the northeast coast of North America from Cape Fear, North Carolina to Maine while searching for a Northwest passage to Asia.
		Verrazzano's brother, Girolamo da Verrazzano, was a mapmaker who accompanyed Giovanni on his voyage, and mapped the voyage.
		Verrazzano was killed and eaten by Carib Indians in 1528.
	www.enchantedlearning.com /explorers/indexv.shtml (945 words)

	Giovanni da Verrazano (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Giovanni da Verrazano (his last name is also spelled Verrazzano) was born, on his family's castle, Castello Verrazzano, near Val di Greve, 30 miles south of Florence.
		What he saw in reality was Pamlico Sound, behind the Outer Banks of Carolina.
		This mistake led mapmakers, starting with Vesconte de Maggiolo in 1527 and Giovanni's brother Girolamo da Verrazano in 1529, to draw North America as being almost split in two, the two parts connected by a thin land bridge on the east coast.
	publicliterature.org.cob-web.org:8888 /en/wikipedia/g/gi/giovanni_da_verrazano.html (287 words)

	American Journeys Background on Voyage of John de Verazzano, along the Coast of North America, from Carolina to ...
		Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485?-1527) was born in or around Florence.
		Verrazzano left that summer by a northern route with four ships, two of which were quickly sunk in the mid-Atlantic and the other two driven back to France by a storm.
		Verrazzano gathered his remaining resources and set out again on January 17, 1524, in a single ship, this time striking south across the Atlantic.
	www.americanjourneys.org /aj-094/summary/index.asp (574 words)

	Castello di Verrazzano (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		The Castle was an Etruscan then a Roman settlement before becoming the property of the Verrazzano family in the VII century.
		The Caste of Verrazzano is exactly in the "heart of the Chianti area", 25 Km far from Florence, 40 Km from Siena and San Gimignano, 60 Km from Volterra.
		There is a swimming pool within a distance of 2 Km and in the town of Greve is possible to rent bikes.
	www.helloflorence.net /agriturismi/dxverrazzano.htm (221 words)

	Tourist Attractions in Florence, Italy - Via Giovanni da Verrazzanoi (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.umd.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-02)
		Walk down a prestigious street, Via Giovanni da Verrazzano, where the great navigator and explorer of the Atlantic, Giovanni da Verrazzano, was born.
		An inscription at the base of a small statue in Battery Park announces, “Giovanni da Verrazzano was the first citizen of New York”.
		Verrazzano’s house was just a few meters away from this tabernacle.
	www.vacationrentalinflorence.com.cob-web.org:8888 /area_verrazzano.html (175 words)

	Verrazzano hotel-restaurant, Greve in Chianti, Tuscany
		The entrance, which remains the same today, was situated between the other two most ancient of institutions : the hospital and the church.
		The Hotel Restaurant Giovanni da Verrazzano has 10 rooms, all offering something different : a view over the magnificent square, use of a terrace, a view over the rooftops which dominate the surrounding countryside.
		Taking part in the courses laid on by the Giovanni da Verrazzano Restaurant’s Tuscan Cookery School is a fascinating experience: aspects range from learning to select the best quality basic ingredients to choosing the appropriate wines, from the initial preparation to tasting the finished product, putting theory into practice.
	www.emcoinc.com /travel/html/Europe/Verazzano.htm (311 words)

	stipula fountain pens
		GIOVANNI DA Giovanni da Verrazzano, the Florentine navigator and explorer who lived between the 15th and 16th centuries and who, backed by the French king Francis I, made a series of voyages to the Americas.
		The Giovanni da Verrazzano fountain pen was crafted in a limited edition of 1524 pieces, recalling the date of the discovery of New York's bay.
		Giovanni da Verrazzano collection is almost sold out.
	www.giardino.it /pens/stipula/_verrazzano.htm (204 words)

	Tuscany wine Cellar tour Verrazzano Florence wine cellar
		You will start your trip by entering the castle courtyard and admiring the magnificent garden and the reserve of “verri”, the wild boars from which the place took its name in ancient times.
		The visit will continue in the heart of the castle, where you will see the ancient walls that have formed the cellars since 1100 and be amazed by the enormous barrels and by the vivid aromas of grapes and wood with which these particular wines have impregnated the atmosphere over the years
		Will you can reserve Guided tour of the garden of Castello di Verrazzano and its historical cellars and sampling of four wines: Verrazzano Rosso IGT - Chianti Classico DOCG - Chianti Classico DOCG reserve - Supertuscan: special bottle, and tastings of oil and balsamic vinegar of their own production.
	www.enjoyflorence.com /english/tour_Verrazzano.html (334 words)

	customized fountain pens by Stipula
		Stipula has decided to honor the memory of this historic navigator, whose northern voyage marked the beginning of a centuries-old affiliation between Florence and New York, with a fountain pen in ultramarine blue celluloid that reflects the color of the ocean traversed by Giovanni da Verrazzano’s.
		Material: The metal details, like the clip with its steel spring, are all in bright finish; the cap top is set with a glowing crystal, symbol of the Polar Star, one of the most ancient instruments for sailing.
		Collection: The “Giovanni da Verrazzano” fountain pen is crafted in a limited edition of 1524 pieces, recalling the date of the discovery of New York’s bay.
	www.madeinfirenze.it /eng/articoli.asp?ID=1148 (192 words)

	Giovanni Verrazzano
		In 1528 Verrazzano was killed by cannibals in the Caribbean.
		In 1614, the Dutch navigator Adriaen Block landed on Verrazzano's island of Luisa and, in a fit of modesty, renamed the island after himself.
		Roger William's people then later thought Verrazzano's reference to an island the size of Rhodes meant Aquidneck (they missed the part about it being ten leagues distant) - hence the mixup.
	www.nuwc.navy.mil /hq/history/0005.html (117 words)

	Verrazzano Verrazano in Greve in Chianti - holiday homes in Chianti
		Verrazzano Verrazano in Greve in Chianti - holiday homes in Chianti
		He was born about 1485, of good family, at the Castello di Verrazzano, located on a hill top above the Val di Greve, not far from Greve in Chianti.
		Entering the naval service of Francis I of France, an enthusiast for all things Italian, he soon became famous as a corsair, preying on the ships of Spain and Portugal, one of his prizes in 1522 being the treasure-ship sent to Charles V by Cortés loaded with Mexican gold and silver.
	www.greve-in-chianti.com /en/verrazzano.htm (406 words)

	Verrazano, Giovanni Da Biography \| carl_04_package.xml
		Giovanni da Verrazano (also Verrazzano) was an Italian explorer commissioned by the king of France to chart the eastern coast of North America, from Florida to Newfoundland.
		Giovanni da Verrazano was born in 1485 into an aristocratic (ruling class) family in the Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy.
		Following his expedition along the eastern coast of North America in 1524, Giovanni da Verrazano wrote a letter to King François I of France about his discoveries.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/verrazano-giovanni-da-carl-04 (1401 words)

	Verrazzano
		The Castle of Verrazzano is situated on top of a splendid hill near Greve in Chianti (between Florence and Siena) in the heart of the Chianti Classico wine area.
		Wine is not their only product: salted meats and wild boar sausage, honey, preserves, and similar treats are available, and there are even farmhouses on the estate which can be rented as guest cottages.
		The family member best known to Americans is Giovanni da Verrazzano, who discovered the bay of New York and much of the East Coast of America (1500).
	www.csulb.edu /~jbyrd/verrazzano/verraz1.html (408 words)

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