Jean Ango


Region Occupation Born Died
Europe Businessman 1480 1551

Dieppe businessman (armature) and backer of Atlantic exploratory voyages, including 1508 voyage to Newfoundland, commanded by Thomas Aubert, aboard the Pensee. Giovanni da Verrazzano may have been on the voyage.

Sources

Robert A. McCaughey

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Jean Ango

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Related Events

French reconnaissance of Cabot-marked North America (1508)

Compiler

Peter Richards