Giovanni da Verrazzano 乔瓦尼·达韦拉扎诺
(重定向自Giovanni Da Verrazano)
Giovanni da Verrazzano (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni da verratˈtsaːno]; sometimes also wrongly spelled Verrazano) (1485–1528) was an Italian explorer of North America, in the service of King Francis I of France.
He is renowned as the first European since the Norse expeditions to North America around AD 1000 to explore the Atlantic coast of North America between Florida and New Brunswick, including New York Bay and Narragansett Bay in 1524.