Assertion: island | /r/HasProperty | sighted by italian navigator
Facets:
value: in 1524
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Originally called Manisses (“Manitou’s Little Island”) by Narragansett Indians, the island was sighted by the Italian navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano in 1524 and later named for Dutch explorer Adriaen Block, who visited there in 1614.