By: Daniel Ozuna I will include why he traveled to North America, the obstacles he faced, the reactions from the Native Americans, and his contributions to New York State. There are many reasons as to why I chose to research this explorer. For example, I found it interesting that a bridge is named after him. I wanted to know if Giovanni da Verrazano really had 7 wives and 68 kids. Giovanni Da Verrazano links: http://www.win.tue.nl/~engels/discovery/verrazza no.html http://www.answers.com/topic/giovanni-daverrazano http://www.biography.com/people/giovanni-daverrazzano-9517737 http://www.asij.ac.jp/elementary/gr5web/c5r/exp lorer_reports/stefan.htm Hope you enjoy. Any Question or comments?