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Giovanni da Verrazzano letter to France

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Summary

On July 8th, 1524, 31 years after Christopher Columbus discovered America, Giovanni da Verrazzano wrote a letter to King Francis I of France about his voyage to North America, and according to some at the Carteret History Museum, some of the first parts describe the Crystal Coast and Carteret County.

An estimated track of Verrazzano's ship
An estimated track of Verrazzano's ship

You can make an independent guess of where he was describing by reading the letter here.

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