North and South America are named instead for Amerigo Vespucci ... to which Waldseemuller contributed and for which he prepared a map of the new lands, included some of Vespucci’s writings.

Recently, two researchers proposed a way to preserve a record of our planet in its present state: use lasers to create a high-resolution, 3D map ... the world's most vulnerable places before ...

Lots of it was hooey, but some of it was based on personal observation. And Amerigo’s reputation as a navigator, acquired through on-the-job training, grew. He put his name on maps, starting with a ...