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Giovanni da Verrazzano

1485 - 1528

Giovanni da Verrazzano

Giovanni da Verrazzano (US: VERR-ə-ZAH-noh, -⁠ət-SAH-, Italian: [dʒoˈvanni da (v)verratˈtsaːno], sometimes incorrectly spelled Verrazano; 1485–1528) was a Florentine explorer of North 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 777,384 page views. His biography is available in 47 different languages on Wikipedia making him the 41st most popular explorer.

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  • 780k

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  • 65.92

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 47

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.20

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 41 out of 367. Before him are Francisco de Orellana, Pytheas, Ingólfr Arnarson, Antonio Pigafetta, Martin Behaim, and Jacob Roggeveen. After him are Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, Sven Hedin, Robert Falcon Scott, Hanno the Navigator, Zhang Qian, and Ernest Shackleton.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1485, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 3. Before him are Hernán Cortés and Catherine of Aragon. After him are Dragut, Sebastiano del Piombo, Thomas Cromwell, Pedro de Alvarado, Clément Janequin, Johannes Bugenhagen, Balthasar Hubmaier, Joos van Cleve, and Wolf Huber. Among people deceased in 1528, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 3. Before him are Albrecht Dürer and Matthias Grünewald. After him are Palma Vecchio, Georg von Frundsberg, Pánfilo de Narváez, Balthasar Hubmaier, and Rana Sanga.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Giovanni da Verrazzano ranks 553 out of 3,282. Before him are Kurt Schuschnigg (1897), Fausto Coppi (1919), Il Sodoma (1477), Hippasus (-600), Lentulus Batiatus (-200), and Pope Marcellinus (250). After him are Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1072), Giacomo Barozzi da Vignola (1507), Saint Rosalia (1130), Louis II of Italy (825), Dominic Savio (1842), and Pope John XII (937).

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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 Antonio Pigafetta (1492). After him are Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Sebastian Cabot (1484), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), and Niccolò de' Conti (1395).

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