Everyone knows that Christopher Columbus discovered America, but did he really ... was the Florentine navigator and businessman Amerigo Vespucci; at least, according to Author Arciniegas, he ...

April 25 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1507, German geographer and mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller published a book in which he named the newly discovered continent of the New World "America ...

LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- The Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian navy vessel often referred to as "the most beautiful ship in the world," is stationed at the Port of Los Angeles through July 8. At nearly ...

The “most beautiful ship in the world” has arrived in Los Angeles. The Italian Navy’s Amerigo Vespucci made its way past the breakwater and Angels Gate Lighthouse, and docked at the Port of Los ...