Aeroporto Amerigo Vespucci will measure 538,195 sq ft (50,000 sq m), and is expected to host over 5.9 million international passengers each year. The gently sloping vineyard will measure 19 acres ...

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.

1454: Amerigo Vespucci is born in Florence, Italy. He’ll give his name to two continents. Vespucci, the son of a notary, went to work for the Medici banking house. They dispatched him as an ...

The Italian Navy’s Amerigo Vespucci said arrivederci to the Port of Los Angeles on Monday July 8, 2024. The tall ship had been open for tours over the 4th of July weekend. (Photo by Chuck ...

Amerigo Vespucci, the pickle-dealer at Seville, who went out, in 1499, a subaltern with Hojeda, and whose highest naval rank was boatswain’s mate in an expedition that never sailed, managed in ...

“It’s a tradition that goes back 93 years,” said Captain Giuseppe Lai, commander of the Amerigo Vespucci. “The mission is to represent Italy, to represent our culture, our tradition, our ...

The name “America” was invented 500 years ago, in 1507. The German mapmaker who did it mistakenly thought Italian adventurer Amerigo Vespucci had discovered the mainland of the New World. The ...