Giovanni da Verrazano explores the coast of New England.
1524
An Italian sailing for France, Verrazano lands in at Narragansett Bay and possibly in or near Boston. He lands in what is today New York Harbor on April 17, 1524.
An Italian sailing for France, Verrazano lands in at Narragansett Bay and possibly in or near Boston. He lands in what is today New York Harbor on April 17, 1524.