Giovanni Da Verrazzano: Studi Per Il Cinquecentenario

The year 2024 marked the 500th anniversary of Giovanni da Verrazzano's voyage to America. This collection of studies, written by eminent academics, goes beyond the mere celebration of the famous explorer and brings significant contributions to the scientific progress of Verrazzano's historiography and beyond, focusing on specific topics, such as the role of Florentine merchants and navigators in trade with the New World, the growth of cartographic and anthropological knowledge, the context in which the three expeditions of the great navigator took shape and were carried out. Contributions by Anna Barbiero, Alessandro Bartoloni, Laura Cassi, Michele Castelnovi, Giovanni Cipriani, Zeffiro Ciuffoletti, Luca Codignola, Simonetta Conti, Adele Dei, Liletta Fornasari, Francesco Guidi Bruscoli, Andrea Miroglio, Angela Orlandi, Giuliano Pinto, Fabio omanini, Leonardo Rombai, Francesco Tonelli.