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 * One of the greatest inventors Benjamin Franklin made many of the inventions you use in your everyday life. Some of the many inventions you use that are made by Benjamin Franklin are Swim Fins, The Franklin Stove, Bifocal Glasses, and a lot more. Some people have added on to these inventions to make them better, but without Ben Franklin we would not have many creations. He was born on January 17, 1706 in Boston Massachusetts. He was the 10th child of 17 boys and girls.**


 * When he was 11 he invented swim fins. Unlike today they were attached to one's hand. When he was posted to London in the 1750s, he was known to take daily dips in the Thames. His first ones were oval planks with holes in them. Franklin used the fins to give him a little thrust in the water. Franklin was put in The International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1968.**


 * Franklin thought that he could make fireplace that would require less fuel and give out more heat, and he did. He made what is now called the Franklin Stove. The log fire was enclosed in a large hoodlike structure. It was open at the front so the flames could seen. Right behind the burning logs was an air box so the smoke passed it before it went up to chimney. Soon The Franklin Stove became popular all over North America.**


 * Even near the end of his life Ben Franklin didn't stop inventing. He suffered a disease named presbyopia. He had trouble seeing near thing and far things. In 1784 Franklin hit upon the idea of having both types of lenses in the same frame. We now call them bifocal glasses. When he looked at the top of the frame he could see far things and when he looked at the bottom he could see near thing.**


 * On April 17, 1790 Benjamin Franklin died because his lungs over swelled. He is greatly known and will always be with America. He signed the three most important documents, Declaration of** **Independence, U.S. Constitution, and Treaty of Alliance. He is one of our Founding Fathers and always will be.**

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Giovanni da Verrazzano was an Italian explorer that worked for King Francis I. He wanted to find riches and a passageway to India.

Giovanni da Verrazzano was born in Val di Greve, Italy, around 1485. Verrazano was introduced to adventure and exploration at an early age. He first headed to Egypt and Syria, places that were considered mysterious and nearly impossible to reach at the time. Sometime between 1507 and 1508 he met with King Francis I. He also came in contact with members of the French navy. At this time Christopher Columbus was already at the "New World" so King Francis I became concerned as France fell behind in the exploration of the West. Reporters were coming back with many riches in "The New World". Francis I began planning an expedition on behalf of his country.

Verrazano and Francis I met again between 1522 and 1523, and Verrazano convinced King Francis I that he was the right man for the job. Verrazano prepared four ships,loaded with ammunition, cannons, lifeboats, and scientific equipment. Like many explorers of the day, Verrazano was ultimately seeking a passage to the pacific Ocean and Asia, and he thought that sailing on the northern coastline of the New World he would find a passageway to the west coast of North America.

In March 1528, Verrazano left France on his final voyage, yet again seeking the passage to India. The expedition also included Verrazano’s brother Girolamo. While sailing south of Jamaica, the crew spotted heavily vegetated, seemingly unpopulated island, and Verrazzano dropped the anchor to explore it with a handful of crewmen. The group was soon attacked by a large assemblage of cannibalistic natives who killed them and ate them as Girolamo and the rest of the crew watched from the main ship, unable to do anything.

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