Historycentral.com-American History- Explorers>Verrazano

Giovanni De Verrazano was an Italian explorer, who sailed under the French flag. His goal was to find a passage to Asia. He landed on on March 1st 1524, on the coast of North Carolina. He headed northward. Verrazano found New York Bay. He continued up the coast, finding Narragansett Bay. Verrazano continued north off the coast of Maine, then to Nova Scotia, finally returning to France via New Foundland.

---

First Hand Account of the Voyage