This year marks the 500th anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano’s historic voyage to the New World and the first documented visit by a European to Rhode Island. This fact should not go unnoticed.

However, the Italian Historical Society mounted a successful campaign to name it after Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first European explorer to sail into New York Harbor in 1524. ...

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Giovanni da Verrazzano. You know, the guy whose name is on the Newport area’s “other” bridge – the Jamestown-Verrazzano that runs from the island to North Kingstown.

In March 1524, an expedition under Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano viewed the Cape Fear River, becoming the first Europeans to explore the North Carolina coast. But the waterway the French ...

This year marks the 500th anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano’s historic voyage to the New World and the first documented visit by a European to Rhode Island. This fact should not go unnoticed.

In March 1524, an expedition under Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano viewed the Cape Fear River, becoming the first Europeans to explore the North Carolina coast. But the waterway the French ...

In March 1524, an expedition under Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano viewed the Cape Fear River, becoming the first Europeans to explore the North Carolina coast. But the waterway the French ...

In March 1524, an expedition under Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano viewed the Cape Fear River, becoming the first Europeans to explore the North Carolina coast. But the waterway the French ...