Verrazzano encounters the Lenape in New York …
Years: 1524 - 1524
April
Verrazzano encounters the Lenape in New York Bay, where he anchors at the Narrows that now bear his name, and observes what he deems to be a large lake, which is in fact the entrance to the Hudson River.
Locations
People
Groups
- Christians, Roman Catholic
- France, (Valois) Kingdom of
- Lenape or Lenni-Lenape (later named Delaware Indians by Europeans)
- Narragansett people (Amerind tribe)
- Wampanoag (Amerind tribe)
