Giovanni Da Veerrazano Research Paper

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The name of my explorer is Giovanni Da Verrazano.
Giovani Da Verrazano was born on 1485, later on he died on 1582, which made him approximately 43 years old.

A particular accomplishment Verrazano is famous for is that he reserved the Atlantic Coast of North America in the middle of the Carolinas and Newfoundland, as well as the New York harbor.

The country that sponsored Verrazano is France.The particular person who commissioned their voyage was King Francis I. Giovanni Da Verrazano made three voyages.

The voyage I have chosen is The Second American Journey. Verrazano departed France in 1523, and returned in July of 1524. The purpose of this voyage was to find a route through ships to the Pacific Ocean. Verrazano traveled in the ship, La Dauphine. The conditions grew harsher by each moment, but La Dauphine made it out of hazardous seas, stormy seas, and the dangerous ocean— which is controlled by the forces of the Portuguese and Spanish. Verrazano was accompanied by his brother, Girolam, forty-nine crewman, four ships, one named La Dauphine and another La Normande, the other two remain unnamed. Something accomplished by the voyage was valuable information gained to create maps of the American coastline. The highlights of this voyage were that two ship sank by deathly sea storms, the Portuguese and Spanish controlling areas, they traveled through, and La Dauphine and La Normande being forced to repair in Brittany. Unfortunately, Verrazano did not find what he was set to discover.
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Later on, two honorable businessmen propositioned Verrazano, accompanied by a strategy to come back to America to explore for the demanding unproven passage to the Orient, he accepted right

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