Verrazzano
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The Rhode Island Turnpike and Bridge Authority closed the Newport Pell and Jamestown Verrazzano Bridges due to wind gusts of 70 mph early Wednesday morning, then reopened them shortly after to most vehicles.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 27, 2021
To the north of the Collect Pond, Bayard’s Mount was the tallest hill around, from the top of which you could see to the Verrazzano Narrows.
From New York Times ● May 13, 2020
Nonetheless, he accepted the principle of European conquest and later sent navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano to explore North America and claim what became Canada for France.
From Salon ● Mar. 3, 2019
French expansion reached America when sixteenth-century voyages by Giovanni da Verrazzano and Jacques Cartier established France’s claims to the St. Lawrence River Valley.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Verrazzano was baffled by this “barbarous” behavior, but the reason for it seems clear: unlike the Narragansett, the Abenaki had long experience with Europeans.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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