When European explorers first began sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, they were searching for new routes to China and the East, but what they found was more than they imagined: the New World.Some of ...

But a new book portrays Amerigo Vespucci as little more than a con man with a wild imagination. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto talks about his book, Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America ...

The Frecce Tricolori (Tricolor Arrows) aerobatics team stands out among the masts of the Amerigo Vespucci, symbolically accompanying the return to Italy of the Navy training ship, at the end of a ...

The Italian Navy training ship Amerigo Vespucci, named after the famous explorer Amerigo Vespucci, was open to the public on Monday. The first sail of the ship was dated back as early as 1931.

Amerigo Vespucci, the 16th-century explorer America is named after. (Image credit: Getty/ traveler1116) Jump to: Early life First voyage 1501 voyage and South America Later voyages ...

America derives its name, somewhat controversially, from this later explorer. “Amerigo in Wonderland’s” premise is simple: replace Amerigo’s 16th-century Brazil with 21st-century New York City, throw ...

But a new book portrays Amerigo Vespucci as little more than a con man with a wild imagination. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto talks about his book, Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America.

The Italian navy’s training ship Amerigo Vespucci will be sailing in proximity of the coasts of Malta in what is a scheduled activity within the training campaign for the cadets of the Naval ...

But a new book portrays Amerigo Vespucci as little more than a con man with a wild imagination. Felipe Fernandez-Armesto talks about his book, Amerigo: The Man Who Gave His Name to America.

The man who lent his name to the American continents was thought to be an intrepid explorer in the league of Christopher Columbus and Vasco de Gama. But a new book portrays Amerigo Vespucci as ...

The man who lent his name to the American continents was thought to be an intrepid explorer in the league of Christopher Columbus and Vasco de Gama. But a new book portrays Amerigo Vespucci as ...