4.3K views · 55 reactions | Il 9 marzo 1454, cinquecento e settanta...

Fra i più grandi navigatori italiani e fra i primi a esplorare le coste del Nuovo Mondo, che da lui prende il nome di America, Amerigo Vespucci nasceva il #9marzo 1454. Nel corso della sua vita naviga al servizio della Spagna e del Portogallo, toccando Capo Verde, Guyana, Patagonia, Brasile, Colombia e Venezuela, che Vespucci battezza con questo nome perché le costruzioni su palafitte degli indigeni gli rievocano Venezia. | Rai Cultura

1K reactions · 159 shares | Do your elementary students know where America got its name? They’ll love time traveling with Leo and Layla to meet Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci—the man who realized that the New World was a new continent. | PragerU | Facebook

America got its name because of an Italian explorer named Amerigo Vespucci. Born in Florence around 1454, Vespucci was a navigator and merchant in service of the powerful Medici family. While Christopher Columbus received acclaim for his 1492 voyage under the mistaken belief that he had reached the eastern shores of Asia, Vespucci began his own journeys along the South American coast around 1497 or 1499 and soon realized that he had found an entirely new continent. His vivid letters spread the i

32K views · 1.6K reactions | Where did America get its name? Amerigo Vespucci you say? Cmon...Do you really think they named two continents after some guy's first name? Nah. #amaru #hiddenhistory #truehistory | Joe Telford | Facebook