In November, an Instagram site called “bestofmy” singled out a photo she took of the sun setting behind the Verrazano Bridge.

Fires were blazing all along the coast as far as the eye could reach, and Verrazano knew by that that the country was inhabited.

But Verrazano landed in spite of the opposition of the Indians, and went several miles into the country.

A few years after the death of Verrazano they sent out another expedition, in charge of Cartier (car-ty).