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Explore the resources below and tell how you solved the mystery of what Columbus had discovered. What lands did you find? What did you see? Show us a better map of what you found. You can present your work using either Power Point or Front Page.
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| A Visitor From
Europe Verrazano, discovers Long Island's southern and western shores, calls the land 'Flora'. Newsday webpage. | ||||||||
Giovanni da
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| Giovanni da Verrazzano (also spelled Giovanni da
Verrazano) explored the east coast of what is now
the United States in 1525. Discoverers Web.
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| Giovanni da Verrazzano (also spelled Verrazano) was born in Tuscany, Italy in 1485 and died in 1528 in the Lesser Antilles. Italian Historical Society.org | ||||||||
| Fact Monster Sailing west to reach Asia, Verrazano explored (1524) the North American coast probably from North Carolina to Maine. | ||||||||
| 347A. world map,
detail: North & South America, Girolamo de Verrazano,
1529 See a map that Verrazao drew on this page. | ||||||||
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