Renaissance · South America · Exploration
1524
Giovanni da Verrazzano Dies
1524
The Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano, having charted the North American coast for France, later sailed to the Caribbean where Carib islanders killed and reportedly ate him. His younger brother Girolamo survived to carry home the family's charts and memory of his brother's achievements. His death by cannibalism, witnessed by his brother from the ship, became one of exploration's most horrifying cautionary tales.
In context
Also in 1524 (3 other events on record)
- German Peasants' War Erupts · Europe · Politics
- Verrazzano Charts the North American Coast · North America · Exploration
- Verrazzano Enters New York Bay · North America · Exploration
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.