Giovanni da verrazzano, a Florentine by birth, who had for years led a roving life on the sea, sailed in 1524 along the coasts of Nova Scotia and the present United States and gave a shadowy claim of first discovery of a great region to France under whose authority he sailed.
"Canada under British Rule 1760-1900"
John G. Bourinot
Then followed the great voyage of John verrazzano, who, in 1524, in a search for the East Indies, sailed up the coast from thirty-four to fifty-four degrees.
"England in America, 1580-1652"
Lyon Gardiner Tyler