the Battery
the Battery park, 21 acres (8.5 hectares), southern tip of Manhattan island, New York City; site of former Dutch and English fortifications. Castle Clinton, a fort built in 1808 for the defense of New York harbor, was ceded to the city in 1823 and renamed Castle Garden. It was remodeled and served as a noted amusement hall and opera house; Swedish soprano Jenny Lind made her U.S. debut on its stage in 1850. From 1855 to 1892 it served as the main immigration station for New York City, and from 1896 to 1941 it housed an aquarium. After World War II the park was remodeled, and Castle Clinton became a national monument (see National Parks and Monuments , table). The park also contains a war memorial and a statue of Giovanni da Verrazano, the first European to enter New York harbor. Boats to Liberty Island and Ellis Island leave from the park. New residential communities, such as Battery Park City, are developing in the area around the park.
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Profile: Brooklyn Historical Society pays tribute to Verrazano Narrows Bridge
Transcript from: NPR Special; 11/24/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...been the tale of woe for the Verrazano Narrows Bridge in New York City...attended a ribbon-cutting for the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Mayor Robert...world. Honoring the Italian, Giovanni da Verrazano, who sailed through these waters...
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VERRAZANO IS DISCOVERER OF THE HUDSON RIVER.(MAIN)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 10/17/2003; 496 words
; ...European to come upon the river was Giovanni da Verrazano. Sailing from Dieppe, France...Francis I, king of France, Verrazano arrived at the mouth of the river...before both Gomez and Hudson. Verrazano entered the river, noted rising...
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NEW VERRAZANO BRIDGE STAMP
Magazine article from: Italian America; 4/1/2006; ; 307 words
; ...commemorating the 40th anniversary of the opening of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, connecting Brooklyn and Staten...operational the following year. The bridge is named after Giovanni da Verrazano, the Italian explorer who sailed up the Hudson River...
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"Cries of wonder"
Magazine article from: Sea Power; 5/1/2001; ; 700+ words
; When Giovanni da Verrazano-the NV first European explorer to see what would one day be called...inconsequential "little bells" and other "trinkets" mentioned by da Verrazano in his log: automobiles; shoes, toys, and machinery-usually...
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Truths and untruths in cartography.
Magazine article from: Calliope; 11/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...1524, a Florentine captain, Giovanni da Verrazano, sailed along the coast of North...Outer Banks of North Carolina). Verrazano believed he had reached the Indian...known to navigators as the Sea of Verrazano. For the next 60 years, many...
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MANY MOONS AGO IN MAINE< EXPLORERS IN THE 1500S FOUND MUCH TO WRITE HOME ABOUT.<
Newspaper article from: Portland Press Herald (Maine); 7/19/1999; ; 700+ words
; ...MONDAY MAGAZINE They were famous men, the likes of Giovanni da Verrazano, Samuel de Champlain and John Smith, who led the...then a Christian could claim it," said Eastman. Giovanni da Verrazano was the first European explorer known to have checked...
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FROM OUR INTREPID EXPLORER: Cameo of New York City
Newspaper article from: Solares Hill; 10/18/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...My big high is sailing in here through the Verrazano Narrows, under the huge bridge, up past the...wrong so the sails have to come down before the Verrazano Bridge (Giovanni da Verrazano, I discover, was the European who discovered...
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America: the opera: a gun-running French playwright, a transgendered dragoon, and the War of Independence.(A Great Improvisation: Franklin, France, and the Birth of America)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Harper's Magazine; 10/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...aligned. Consider the case of Giovanni da Verrazano, the Florentine explorer who...attention been paid to the fact that Verrazano was in fact sailing under French...the Valois king responded to Verrazano's reports with less indifference...
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John La Corte's Legacy Commemorated in Brooklyn Park
Newspaper article from: Italian Voice, The; 12/30/2004; 548 words
; ...the expansive backdrop of the Verrazano Bridge, at the southern end...was named for Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazano, portions of Brooklyn's Cadman...commemorate the dedication of the Verrazano Bridge. Manca also sculpted...
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Lawmaker Opposes Rhode Island Name Change
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 6/30/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...ROBERT SIEGEL, host: In 1524, Giovanni da Verrazano, namesake of the bridge that...Brooklyn, discovered Rhode Island. Verrazano laid eyes on what we now call...state? Instead, the place that Verrazano discovered, that Adriaen Block...
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Giovanni da Verrazano
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Giovanni da Verrazano The Italian navigator and explorer Giovanni da Verrazano (ca. 1485-ca. 1528) made a...authorized an expedition of four ships. Giovanni da Verrazano, a Florentine navigator, was chosen...
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Verrazano-Narrows Bridge
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
VERRAZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE VERRAZANO-NARROWS BRIDGE. This suspension bridge connects Brooklyn...by Swiss engineer Othmar Ammann. The bridge, named for Giovanni da Verrazano — the first European to enter New York harbor...
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Reconnaissance: Voyages to North America
Book article from: American Eras
...navigational career of John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto) in many ways parallel...various intriguing possibilities. Verrazano and Cartier. By 1523 word arrived...headed by the Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazano, made landfall in North America...
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New York City
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...Carnarsies and Manhattans, first inhabited the site. The first European explorer to visit the area was probably Giovanni da Verrazano, in 1524. In 1609, Englishman Henry Hudson, employed by the Dutch, sailed by Manhattan Island in a futile...
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Cape Cod
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...x2014; hooking into the ocean — was subsequently a landmark for many early European explorers. Giovanni da Verrazano sailed around it in 1524, Esteban Gomes arrived in 1525, and Bartholomew Gosnold named it in 1602 because of...
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