In this essay, James Kences recounts the explorations of the Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano.

The bridge, named after European explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, opened in 1964 with just the upper deck. Within a few years, congestion became a pressing concern. Six years later, in 1969, the lower ...

Thursday was the 60th anniversary of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge between Brooklyn and Staten Island, which had a huge impact on Bay Ridge.

The bridge, named after European explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, opened in 1964 with just the upper deck. Within a few years, congestion became a pressing concern.

As the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge approaches its 60th anniversary on Nov. 21, the monumental feat of engineering remains an integral piece of New York City’s infrastructure.

Native American words, honoring royals, or homesick settlers—check out the crazy origins of every American state's name.

Giovanni da Verrazzano. You know, the guy whose name is on the Newport area’s “other” bridge – the Jamestown-Verrazzano that runs from the island to North Kingstown.

HENRY HUDSON was not the first discoverer of the river, in the opinion of the thousand Italians who witnessed on Monday the breaking of ground in Battery Park for a monument to GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO.

In March 1524, an expedition under Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano viewed the Cape Fear River, becoming the first Europeans to explore the North Carolina coast. But the waterway the French ...

A portrait of explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano, who visited Rhode Island 500 years ago.