Did Giovanni De Verrazano find gold?

It's not so much that he "found" it-- rather, he stole it. In 1522, before he became famous as an explorer, he was a pirate. In the course of his travels, he captured a Spanish ship, which was carrying gold worth about two million dollars. It was not the first time that he and his men captured a ship (usually one from Spain or Portugal), but this was probably his most lucrative attempt.