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he sailed to North America in search of a sea route to the Pacific. While he did not find the route, Verrazzano did discover what is today New York harbor.
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he sailed up st. Lawrence with about 32 colonist. They founded Quebec, which became the base of France’s colonial empire in North America, known as New France.
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they went and explored the Great Lakes and the upper Mississippi River.
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he explored the lower Mississippi. He claimed the entire river valley for France. He named it Louisiana in honor of the French king, Louis XIV.
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By the early 1700s, New France covered much of what is now the midwestern United States and eastern Canada.