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 little ...
AMERIGO VESPUCCI, PILOT MAJOR—Frederick J. Pohl—Columbia University Press ($3). Amerigo Vespucci first sighted the coast of Brazil late in June 1499. Vegetation grew so thickly at the water’s edge ...
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From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Jacki Lyden. Five hundred years ago, a German cartographer gave a name to the newly discovered landmass blocking Europe's western passage to Asia. He ...
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