This week marks the 500th anniversary of Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano’s arrival in New York Bay -- and to commemorate it, drivers should get a toll break on his famed namesake bridge ...

This year marks the 500th anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano’s historic voyage to the New World and the first documented visit by a European to Rhode Island. This fact should not go unnoticed.

On April 17, 500 years ago, Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano sailed into New York Bay, describing the land and his encounters with its native inhabitants. The Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge in ...

What once was the longest suspension bridge in the world has now spanned six decades of New York City history. Thursday marks 60 years since drivers first paid a 50-cent toll to drive over the ...

GIOVANNI DA VERRAZANO. Share full article. Sept. 15, 1909. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from September 15, 1909, Page 8 Buy Reprints.

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.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City will recognize April 17 as Giovanni da Verrazzano day to honor the explorer after a piece of legislation passed Thursday. Councilman David Carr (R-Mid-Island ...

However, the Italian Historical Society mounted a successful campaign to name it after Giovanni da Verrazzano, the first European explorer to sail into New York Harbor in 1524. ...

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 ...

This year marks the 500th anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano’s historic voyage to the New World and the first documented visit by a European to Rhode Island. This fact should not go unnoticed.