Amerigo Vespucci was a 16th century navigator ... Sciences like astronomy and cartography were surging. People wanted to know more about the geography, people, and cultures outside their own." ...

a German cartographer gave a name to the newly discovered landmass blocking Europe's western passage to Asia. He called it America. It was a nod to the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

A German cartographer, Martin Waldseemuller, heard of Vespucci’s conclusions ... wrote about “those lands or that large land of Amerigo.” “All of the sudden, it begins to be called ...

1454: __ Amerigo Vespucci is born in Florence ... Martin Waldseemüller, a modernist-humanist German clergyman and cartographer, reprinted "The Four Voyages of Amerigo" in 1507 with his own ...

On the shelves, which are especially designed for the Italian Navy's Amerigo Vespucci tall ship ... that follows the path of the explorer and cartographer after whom the ship is proudly named.

Apparently it isn’t enough that the entire western hemisphere is named for an obscure Italian explorer and navigator named Amerigo Vespucci ... A German cartographer then made an addition ...

The Amerigo Vespucci, which Italians call the world’s most beautiful ship, is taking a taste of its homeland on a round-the-world tour, with temporary expositions at several stops showcasing ...