Giovanni da Verrazzano travelled at a period when the map still had blanks on it, and filled some of them.
The record lists Giovanni da Verrazzano as Florentine explorer of North America for France.
Giovanni da Verrazzano was born at Greve in Chianti in 1491. His recorded nationality is Republic of Florence.
The Age of Discovery was driven by Iberian crowns, the caravel and the search for a sea route to the spice trade - and it opened the Atlantic world with consequences its sailors never intended.
He is recorded as explorer.
The record of exploration is also a record of the people already living in the places reached.
Giovanni da Verrazzano died in 1528, aged 37. The routes and charts outlived the journey, which is how exploration is actually measured.
Achievements
- Recorded as explorer
