America was named after Amerigo Vespucci ... During this journey, Vespucci is said to have discovered the Amazon River and Cape St. Augustine. On his third and most successful voyage, he ...

The Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian naval ship named after the 15th-century explorer that inspired the name “America,” has been designated a 2025 Jubilee church. Archbishop Santo Marcianò of the ...

Patti Smith really knows how to turn music into art, none more so clear than in the story behind her epic odyssey, 'Amerigo'. Read more here.