The Amerigo Vespucci is sailing toward New York to celebrate, on July 4, the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States of America. The Vespucci will be there, on a voyage planned long ago, to commemorate our century-old relationship with the United States and https://t.co/wDHPnARTM4 #AmerigoVespucci #IndependenceDay #US250 #US
On May 13, 1501, a Portuguese exploratory expedition led by the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci set sail from Lisbon to the shores of the New World, reaching Brazil and ultimately concluding that these lands were not an extension of Asia, but rather a completely new continent, a realization he later expressed in his correspondence. #Exploration #History #AmerigoVespucci #BR #IT #ES
