Editing Giovanni da Verrazzano (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:1527-TeraFlorida.jpg|thumb|left|1527 map by [[Visconte Maggiolo]] showing the east coast of North America with "Tera Florida" at top right and "Lavoradore" (Labrador) at bottom left. The information supposedly<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofpa.com/antiquemaps0.htm|title=16th Century Pennsylvania Maps|website=www.mapsofpa.com}}</ref> came from Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage in 1524. ([[Biblioteca Ambrosiana]] Milan.)]]

The geographic information derived from this voyage significantly influenced sixteenth-century cartographers.<ref>Castelnovi Michele, Rotta verso la Cina: "les Indes en Kathaye" obiettivo della prima spedizione di Verrazzano, tra illusione e catacresi, in “Miscellanea di Storia delle Esplorazioni” XLII, Genova, Bozzi, 2017, pp. 45–78</ref> Despite his discoveries, Verrazzano's reputation did not proliferate as much as other explorers of that era. For example, Verrazzano gave the European name Francesca to the new land that he had seen, in accordance with contemporary practices, after the French king in whose name he sailed. That and other names he bestowed on features he discovered have not survived. He had the misfortune of making significant discoveries in the same three years (1519 to 1521) that the dramatic [[Conquest of the Aztec Empire]] and [[Ferdinand Magellan]]'s circumnavigation of the world occurred. Magellan did not complete his voyage, but his publicist [[Antonio Pigafetta]] did so, and Spanish publicity outweighed the news of the French voyage.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, there was a great debate in the United States about the authenticity of the letters that he wrote to Francis I to describe the geography, flora, fauna, and native population of the east coast of North America.<ref>Thrower, Norman (2003) "Verrazzano, Giovanni Da", in: [[Jennifer Speake|Speake, Jennifer]] (ed.) ''Literature of Travel and Exploration: An Encyclopedia'', Vol. 3, New York; London: Fitzroy Dearborn, {{ISBN|1-57958-247-8}}</ref> Others thought that they were authentic, almost universally the current opinion,<ref>Wroth, Lawrence (1970) ''The Voyages of Giovanni da Verrazzano, 1524–2003', New Haven: Pierpont Morgan Library by Yale University Press, {{ISBN|0-300-01207-1}}''</ref> particularly after the discovery of a letter signed by Francis I, which referred to Verrazzano's letter.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Thrower|first= Norman |year=1979|title=New Light on the 1524 Voyage of Verrazzano|journal=Terrae Incognitae|volume= 11 |issue=11|pages=59–65|doi= 10.1179/tin.1979.11.1.59 }}</ref>

Verrazzano's reputation was particularly obscure in [[New York City]], where the 1609 voyage of [[Henry Hudson]] on behalf of the [[Dutch Republic]] came to be regarded as the ''de facto'' start of European exploration of New York. It was only [[Verrazano-Narrows Bridge#Naming|by a great effort]] in the 1950s and 1960s that Verrazzano's name and reputation were re-established as the European discoverer of the harbour, during an effort to name the newly built [[Verrazano-Narrows Bridge|Narrows bridge]] after him.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Adler|first=Jerry|title=The History of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, 50 Years After Its Construction|url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-verrazano-narrows-bridge-50-years-after-its-construction-180953032/|access-date=2020-08-15|website=Smithsonian Magazine|language=en}}</ref>{{clear left}}

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===Commemorations===
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[[File:Giovanni da Verrazzano by Ximenes, Battery Park, NYC.jpg|thumb|right|180px|Statue in [[The Battery (Manhattan)|Battery Park]], [[Manhattan]] by [[Ettore Ximenes]] (1909)]]
[[File:Verrazzano.jpg|thumb|180px|left|Verrazzano's statue in the town of [[Greve in Chianti]], Italy]]

*In 1909, during the [[Hudson-Fulton Celebration]], a bronze statue of Verrazzano by [[Ettore Ximenes]] was installed in [[The Battery (Manhattan)|Battery Park]] in [[Manhattan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Battery – Giovanni da Verrazzano|url=https://www.nycgovparks.org/parks/battery-park/monuments/1628|website=New York City Department of Parks & Recreation}}</ref>
*There are numerous commemorations of the explorer on [[Staten Island]].
**The [[Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge]], spanning [[The Narrows]] that separate Staten Island from [[Brooklyn]], is perhaps the best known. Until October 2018, it was known as the "Verrazano-Narrows Bridge" with one "z".<ref>{{cite news |last1=Campanile |first1=Carl |title=Cuomo Finally Fixes a 50-Year-Old Typo |url=https://nypost.com/2018/10/01/cuomo-finally-fixes-a-50-year-old-typo/ |access-date=October 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Rivoli | first=Dan | title=Verrazzano Bridge finally gets name corrected, decades later | website=New York Daily News | date=October 1, 2018 | url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-metro-verrazano-bridge-name-change-20181001-story.html | access-date=October 2, 2018}}</ref>
**A [[Staten Island Ferry]] boat that served New York from the 1950s to the 1990s was also named for Verrazzano. The ferry was named the "Verrazzano", while the bridge was named "Verrazano".<ref>{{Cite news|last=Wang|first=Vivian|date=2018-06-07|title=How Do You Solve a Problem Like the Verrazano? With an Extra Z|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/07/nyregion/bill-would-spell-verrazano-bridge-with-an-extra-z.html|access-date=2020-08-15|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>
**A [[Little League]] team on Staten Island is also named for him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Verrazano Babe Ruth League|url=https://newyorksportsconnection.com/ny_organization/verrazano-babe-ruth-league/|access-date=2020-08-15|website=New York Sports Connection|language=en|archive-date=6 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211206214519/https://newyorksportsconnection.com/ny_organization/verrazano-babe-ruth-league/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*The [[Jamestown Verrazzano Bridge]] in [[Narragansett Bay]], Rhode Island, is named for him, as is Maryland's [[Verrazano Bridge (Maryland)|Verrazano Bridge]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jamestown Bridge aces spelling bee |url=https://www.jamestownpress.com/articles/jamestown-bridge-aces-spelling-bee/|access-date=2020-08-15|website=www.jamestownpress.com|date=7 July 2016}}</ref>
*[[Italian destroyer Giovanni da Verrazzano|A vessel]] of the [[Regia Marina]], a destroyer of the {{sclass|Navigatori|destroyer|4}}, was named after Verrazzano. She was launched in 1930 and sunk by a British [[submarine]] in 1942.
*There is a statue of him in the town of [[Greve in Chianti]], Italy.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Greve in Chianti|url=https://www.caftours.com/location/Greve%20in%20Chianti|access-date=2020-08-15|website=www.caftours.com}}</ref>
*There is a monument commemorating him in [[Rehoboth Beach, Delaware]]; it states on its south face:

{{poemquote|In Commemoration of
Verrazzano's
Voyage to
America
erected by the
Delaware Commission on
Italian Heritage and Culture
2008<ref name="Giovanni Da Verrazzano Historical Marker">{{cite web|url=http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=49095 |title=Giovanni Da Verrazzano Historical Marker |publisher=Hmdb.org |access-date=2017-02-22}}</ref>}}

:The monument further states on its east face:

<blockquote>A native of Val Di Greve in the Tuscany region of Italy, he studied navigation as a young man and became a master mariner. He was engaged by the King of France to lead a voyage to North America in 1524. The purpose of Verrazzano's journey was to learn more about the continent. Traveling in a small ship known as the Dauphine, he explored coastal areas from the present-day State of North Carolina to Canada, observing the natural abundance of the land and the vibrant culture of its native peoples. His voyage is the earliest documented European exploration of this part of the Atlantic Coast.{{parabr}}This monument rests upon stone from Castello di Verrazzano, the explorer's ancestral home.<ref name="Giovanni Da Verrazzano Historical Marker" /></blockquote>