His first journey ended at the eastern part of Newfoundland, and upon this man's return Francis I claimed the New World for France.  
He made several early voyages to the Levant, and while sailing aboard La Dauphine he was the first to discover Cape Fear and Block Island.  His first journey ended at the eastern part of Newfoundland, and upon this man's return Francis I claimed the New World for France.  In his later trips he went to Brazil, Florida, and several Caribbean sites, including Guadalupe, where he was killed and eaten by natives.  FTP, name this Italian discoverer of present-day New York City, a man after whom a long suspension bridge is named.
He made several early voyages to the Levant, and while sailing aboard La Dauphine he was the first to discover Cape Fear and Block Island.  
Giovanni da Verrazzano