Italy On This Day

Medici clerk who discovered a new world Amerigo Vespucci began exploring as an observer at the invitation of the King of Portugal  ...

Noblewoman hailed as embodiment of female perfection Simonetta Vespucci, as recalled by Sandro Botticelli in his 1480s Portrait of...

Mapped Pacific on four-year epic journey Alessandro Malaspina spent much of his life in the employ of the Spanish navy Alessandro ...