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On April 17, 1524, while exploring the coast of an American continent of which he had no idea yet on behalf of King Francis I, the navigator of Florentine origin Giovanni da Verrazzano entered what would become the bay of New York. He named the region New France and the bay New Angoulême to pay homage to the king, born François d'Angoulême.

The time was one of exploration on behalf of the great European powers: the end of the 15th century saw the successive expeditions of Vasco da Gama, Christopher Columbus and, between 1521 and 1522, that of Cortes, who conquered the Aztec empire, and that of Magellan, who goes around the world.