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  • Vespucci was the Florentine navigator, mapmaker, and explorer who was the first to realize that his friend Christopher Columbus had discovered a brand-new continent, not some unknown shore of India, and who lent his name Amerigo (Americus in Latin) to this New World.

    'The Monster of Florence' 2008

  • The story begins in 1903 Italy as American expat Charlotte and Italian prince Amerigo (Thurman and Northam) bring their affair to an end just as Amerigo is preparing to marry Charlotte’s best friend Maggie (Beckinsale), daughter of American billionaire industrialist Adam Verver (Nolte).

    Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat 2001

  • Old; and a German schoolmaster, who wrote a geographical text-book, suggested in the introduction that as the fourth continent had been discovered by Amerigo Vespucci (Americus Vesputius), there was no reason why it should not be called Amerigo or America after its discoverer.

    From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People Sven Anders Hedin 1908

  • The author, after speaking of the other three parts of the world, Asia, Africa, and Europe, recommends that the fourth ehall be called Amerigo, or America, after

    The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II) Washington Irving 1821

  • (TSX: ARG) ( "Amerigo" or the "Company") reported today results for the year ended December 31,

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2009

  • (TSX: ARG) ( "Amerigo" or the "Company") reported today results for the quarter ended June 30, 2009.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2009

  • (TSX: ARG) ( "Amerigo" or the "Company") announced today that during Q3-2008 Amerigo achieved record production for a total of 10.22 million pounds of copper and 261,234 pounds of molybdenum, compared to 7.08 million pounds of copper and 147,508 pounds of molybdenum in Q2-2008, and 8.05 million pounds of copper and 153,295 pounds of molybdenum in Q3-2007.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2008

  • Although the advocate of numerous explorers have contested Columbus's claims, no lawyers representing Leif Ericsson, Amerigo Vespucci, John Cabot or Francis Drake turned up at his door seeking their share of his fortune, as turned out to be the case with Zuckerberg.

    The Social Network – review Philip French 2010

  • Around 1499, the Spanish, lead by Amerigo Vespucci and Captain Alonzo de Ojeda, explored the island looking for gold.

    Dwight Brown: Aruba: The Beach Is Just the Beginning... Dwight Brown 2011

  • I don't know the whole story but I THINK that he was a cartographer just as America got named that due to an error by an Italian cartographer, Amerigo Vespucci.

    Estadounidense? 2009

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