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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; 1485–1528) 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

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Giovanni da Verrazzano has received more than 1,246,740 page views. His biography is available in 50 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Giovanni da Verrazzano is the 51st most popular explorer (down from 46th in 2019), the 741st most popular biography from Italy (down from 685th in 2019) and the 5th 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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  • 3.80

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 51 out of 498. Before him are Zhang Qian, Diego de Almagro, Jacob Roggeveen, Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Robert Falcon Scott, and Samuel de Champlain. After him are Ernest Shackleton, Diogo Cão, William Adams, Hanno the Navigator, Giovanni Battista Belzoni, and Adolf Erik Nordenskiöld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 5. Before him are Hernán Cortés, Catherine of Aragon, Dragut, and Thomas Cromwell. After him are Sebastiano del Piombo, Pedro de Alvarado, Clément Janequin, Joos van Cleve, 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, Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, Balthasar Hubmaier, Clarice de' Medici, Rana Sanga, Edzard I, Count of East Frisia, and Urs Graf.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 741 out of 5,161. Before him are Maria Luisa of Savoy (1688), Pope Eusebius (250), Alcmaeon of Croton (-510), Giovanni Borgia, 2nd Duke of Gandia (1474), Margherita of Savoy (1851), and Antonio Negri (1933). After him are Pope Leo VI (914), Pope Vigilius (500), Joachim of Fiore (1135), Pope Felix IV (480), Poliziano (1454), and Giovanni Schiaparelli (1835).

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Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 5. Before him are Marco Polo (1254), Christopher Columbus (1451), Amerigo Vespucci (1454), and John Cabot (1450). After him are Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Sebastian Cabot (1484), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Niccolò de' Conti (1395), and Lancelotto Malocello (1270).

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