Vespucci

American

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

noun

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

Vespucci British

/ vɛˈspuːtʃɪ /

noun

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

“Those kinds of faces, like you know Vespucci and all the models from the Renaissance, they were the most eccentric rock ‘n roll of the time.

From Washington Times ● May 30, 2017

If discovery was new with Vespucci, then surely invention was not?

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

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