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Vespucci

American  
[ve-spoo-chee, -spyoo-, ves-poot-chee] / vɛˈspu tʃi, -ˈspju-, vɛsˈput tʃi /

noun

  1. Amerigo Americus Vespucius, 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.


Vespucci British  
/ vɛˈspuːtʃɪ /

noun

  1. Amerigo (ameˈriːɡo), Latin name Americus Vespucius. ?1454–1512, Florentine navigator in the New World (1499–1500; 1501–02), after whom the continent of America was named

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Shippers usually look for some sort of assurance that their transits will be safe, said Lars Jensen, chief executive of container-shipping consulting firm Vespucci Maritime.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

"Most shipping lines would want to get details and reassurances on what it actually takes to transit and those details are not available," Lars Jensen from Vespucci Maritime told the BBC.

From BBC Apr. 8, 2026

“We’re talking about replacing it with another statue. Maybe, Amerigo Vespucci? Mother Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants?”

From Washington Post Jul. 4, 2020

He interviewed all the intrepid mariners of the day, including Christopher Columbus, Amerigo Vespucci and Sebastian Cabot, and examined their ships’ logs and charts.

From Washington Times Mar. 28, 2020

Galileo, when in 1610 he announced to the world what he had seen through his telescope, was compared to his fellow Florentine Amerigo Vespucci, to Christopher Columbus and to Ferdinand Magellan.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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