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Tuscany, Italy -
He secured two ships for a voyage backed by the French king to discover a westward passage to Asia -
He sailed the La Dauphine, to the New World and reached Cape Fear about the beginning of March then he sailed northward exploring the eastern coast of North America he made several discoveries including the sites of present-day New York Harbor, Block Island, and Narragansett Bay, and was the first European explorer to name newly North American
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He gave King Francis I his nation’s claim to the New World. -
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He commanded a fleet of ships on an expedition to Brazil that returned profitable in dyewood to France -
His final voyage began when he sailed with his brother, Girolamo, from Dieppe with two or three ships. The fleet sailed to Florida, the Bahamas, and finally the Lesser Antilles. He anchored there off one of the islands (apparently Guadeloupe), went ashore, and was captured, killed, and eaten by cannibals.