Renaissance · North America · Exploration
1524
Verrazzano Enters New York Bay
1524
The Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano, aboard the French ship Dauphine, became the first European to sail into the harbor at the mouth of the Hudson River. Lenape canoes paddled out to greet him. He named the place the Bay of Saint Margaret after the French king's sister and sailed on.
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Also in 1524 (3 other events on record)
- German Peasants' War Erupts · Europe · Politics
- Verrazzano Charts the North American Coast · North America · Exploration
- Giovanni da Verrazzano Dies · South America · Exploration
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Era
Renaissance (1501–1650), one of 715 events from that era on Saeculum.