Giovanni Da Verranzo by Nicholas Pires https://padlet.com/piresnic24/wpezfgpcffpu en-us 2016-10-31 20:09:17 UTC 2016-11-02 15:20:59 UTC hello@padlet.com http://www.rouen-histoire.com/Verrazano/images/Portrait_1.jpg Date of birth and place  piresnic24 https://padlet.com/piresnic24/wpezfgpcffpu/wish/134346754 He was born in 1485, Italy]]> 2016-10-31 20:12:24 UTC https://padlet.com/piresnic24/wpezfgpcffpu/wish/134346754 Early years  piresnic24 https://padlet.com/piresnic24/wpezfgpcffpu/wish/134346804 - special interest in mathematics 
- received a good education
-  became a excellent sailor 
-  rich bankers hired verrazzano to help make him a great sailor 

]]> 2016-10-31 20:12:43 UTC https://padlet.com/piresnic24/wpezfgpcffpu/wish/134346804 Miscellaneous and other interesting information  piresnic24 https://padlet.com/piresnic24/wpezfgpcffpu/wish/134346850 - returned to france italy in july 1524 
- believed a completely new world lay between newfoundland's coast
- before he died, he met caribs who were cannibals and killed and ate him]]> 2016-10-31 20:13:00 UTC https://padlet.com/piresnic24/wpezfgpcffpu/wish/134346850 contributions and achievements  piresnic24 https://padlet.com/piresnic24/wpezfgpcffpu/wish/134346963 -made several voyages to countries east of the mediterranean sea 
- sailed with 50 other explorers 
-sailed to the western route to china
- entered New York bay 
- sailed as far as the narrows 
-sailed up the coast past Block Island and went to newport, Rhode Island 
-went as far as newfoundland's coast

]]> 2016-10-31 20:13:31 UTC https://padlet.com/piresnic24/wpezfgpcffpu/wish/134346963 Reasons for exploring and sponsering country  piresnic24 https://padlet.com/piresnic24/wpezfgpcffpu/wish/134347216 his sponsoring country is Italy and he wanted to explore because he wanted to sail along the atlantic coast of north america]]> 2016-10-31 20:15:09 UTC https://padlet.com/piresnic24/wpezfgpcffpu/wish/134347216