World History · North America

Verazzano Discovers New York Bay

By Marc Schulman World History 2 min read

HistoryCentral · Primary Source & History

Sailing under a French flag, Giovanni da Verrazano discovered New York Bay, on April 17, 1524. Verrazano first sighted land on March 1st– it was the coast of North Carolina. Verrazano, thus, found New York Bay in the course of his long search for a passage to the Pacific.

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