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Giovanni da Verrazzano

1485 - 1528

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Giovanni da Verrazzano ( VERR-ə-ZAH-noh, -⁠ət-SAH-, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni da (v)verratˈtsaːno]; often misspelled Verrazano in English; 1491–1528) was an Italian (Florentine) explorer of North America, who led most of his later expeditions, including the one to America, in the service of King Francis I of France. 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Giovanni da Verrazzano is the 57th most popular explorer (down from 51st in 2019), the 741st most popular biography from Italy and the 6th most popular Italian Explorer.

Giovanni da Verrazzano is most famous for being the first European to explore the Atlantic Coast of North America.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 57 out of 498. Before him are Diego de Almagro, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, Sven Hedin, Henry Morton Stanley, William Baffin, and Zhang Qian. After him are Henry Hudson, Himilco, Diogo Cão, Hernando de Soto, Nikolay Przhevalsky, and Yaqut al-Hamawi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 4. Before him are Hernán Cortés, Catherine of Aragon, and Dragut. After him are Thomas Cromwell, Pedro de Alvarado, Sebastiano del Piombo, Elizabeth of Denmark, Electress of Brandenburg, Clément Janequin, Sayyida al Hurra, Johannes Bugenhagen, and Balthasar Hubmaier. Among people deceased in 1528, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 3. Before him are Albrecht Dürer, and Matthias Grünewald. After him are Georg von Frundsberg, Palma Vecchio, Pánfilo de Narváez, Balthasar Hubmaier, Clarice de' Medici, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Rana Sanga, Urs Graf, and Edzard I, Count of East Frisia.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 741 out of 5,161. Before him are Marcus Furius Camillus (-446), Salvatore Quasimodo (1901), Fausto Coppi (1919), Desiderius (710), Bernardino of Siena (1380), and Odilo Globočnik (1904). After him are Rudolph Valentino (1895), Giacomo della Porta (1533), Romano Prodi (1939), Jacopo Sansovino (1486), Cosimo III de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany (1642), and Charles Albert of Sardinia (1798).

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Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 6. Before him are Marco Polo (1254), Christopher Columbus (1451), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), John Cabot (1450), and Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778). After him are Sebastian Cabot (1484), Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), and Niccolò de' Conti (1395).

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