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NAMED FOR AN ITALIAN? Just who was Amerigo (Americus) Vespucci and what did he do to have not one, but two continents named after him? Vespucci was born, raised and educated in Florence, Italy -- at one time he even studied with Michaelangelo! He worked as a merchant and banker, and went to Spain in 1492, the same year his fellow Italian, Christopher Columbus, reached the New World.

Holiday Inn Florence Hotel is located in the southern residential area of Florence, near the exit Florence South (Firenze Sud) of Motorway A1, direction ‘Viale Europa’ and is only 10 minutes from the fascinating historical centre of this City of Art.

In my eyes, the most beautiful sailing ship in Rouen is the Amerigo Vespucci, a tall ship of the Marina Militare, named after the famous  explorer Amerigo Vespucci.  She was put into service in 1928 and was used by the Italian Navy until 1943. She is used as a training ship ever since.

Years after the fatwa, Salman Rushdie writes of another ... The Capital Times, WI - Jul 3, 2008 The traveler himself is (or claims to be) Niccol Vespucci, but the true author of the tale is Salman Rushdie, another world traveler whose storytelling has ...

Amerigo Vespucci and I have had discussions regarding how one’s sanity level can be measured in shades of Winehouse. In an attempt to illustrate the fact that I feel oddly calm and altogether with-it today, I looked for at-peace Winehouse pictures. This is the closest I could find: Anyways, the contract work thing seems like a smart step.

The press today – and by that I suppose we shall have to include such organs of the media as YouTube and MyLeftNutmeg – is exceedingly concerned with moral reprobation. For those who do not know, MyLeftNutmeg is a hard hitting leftist blog site in Connecticut. It’s good to be hard, bad to be soft.

My tribute or fan video of the movie 1492 : Conquest of Paradise about the discovery of America directed by Ridley Scott, featuring Gerard Depardieu and music by Vangelis. Music featured from the official soundtrack by Vangelis: - West across the ocean sea - Twenty eighth parallel - Pinta,

Today on this day on year 1512 died Amerigo Vespucci a man who discovered America and people call him “explorer of the new world” Here’s a short documentary about him and his work. If you liked this post please buy me a cup coffee to quench my thirstShare This Technorati Tags: all, america,

Friends: My apologies for the lack of posts this week. Sadly, a good friend's house has burned down, and my time is taken up with helping the recovery efforts. The friend is the "Outsider" artist, Mr. Imagination, a wonderful man and Tomorrow Never Goes by Vespucci & Jones. By spin360.