Giovanni da Verrazano thought that a large lake he discovered in North America was
a)the Pacific Ocean.
b)the Atlantic Ocean.
c)the Hudson River.
d)the St. Lawrence River.
Giovanni da Verrazzano was born around 1485 near Val di Greve, 30 miles south of Florence, Italy. Around 1506 or 1507, he began pursuing a maritime career, and in the 1520s, he was sent by King Francis I of France to explore the East Coast of North America for a route to the Pacific.A the pacific ocean
