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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Who named America? Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci inspired the name via a 1507 map by Martin Waldseemüller. Learn who was America named after, American meaning, why it was named after Amerigo ...

As Columbus Day approaches two Mondays from now, I wonder how many people know who Christopher Columbus really was. Growing up in Washington, D.C., and then being a Peace Corps volunteer in Colombia, ...

(ANSA) - TRIESTE, MAR 3 - (by correspondent Domenico Palesse) The sky is colored green, white and red, while the silhouette of the most famous sailing ship in the world appears on the horizon. The ...

The extended and festive Fourth of July weekend visit by the Italian tall ship Amerigo Vespucci came to an end on Monday, July 8, as the ship’s crew and well-wishers gathered at San Pedro’s Outer ...

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 100 ...