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AD 1520–24: Mid-Atlantic coast peoples meet foreign explorer

On the Atlantic coast, Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Lenape (Delaware) peoples encounter Giovanni da Verrazano, an Italian explorer in the service of the French crown.

Theme
Land and Water
Region
Northeast, Southeast

European artist’s depiction of Lenape (Delaware) people, 1654

Courtesy John Carter Brown Library at Brown University