Launched in 1931, the Amerigo Vespucci tall (sailing) ship of the Italian Navy is midway through an historic, 20-month world tour — an incredible voyage to visit 36 ports in 31 countries on five ...

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 ...

On its world tour, the Amerigo Vespucci also becomes a gigantic mobile laboratory, one of the few capable of collecting constant data and information crossing every corner of the globe.

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.

Every Italian sailor has trained on the Vespucci since 1931. “It’s a tradition that goes back 93 years,” said Captain Giuseppe Lai, commander of the Amerigo Vespucci.

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 ...