AD 1520–24: Mid-Atlantic coast peoples meet foreign explorer
On the Atlantic coast, Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Lenape (Delaware) peoples encounter Giovanni da Verrazano, an Italian explorer in the service of the French crown.
- Theme
- Land and Water
- Region
- Northeast, Southeast
European artist’s depiction of Lenape (Delaware) people, 1654
Courtesy John Carter Brown Library at Brown University