List of Italian explorers

Summary

This is list of Italian[2] explorers and navigators (Italian: esploratori) in alphabetical order:

Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo), Italian explorer who opened the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas
Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer from whose name the term "America" is derived[1]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Szalay, Jessie. Amerigo Vespuggi: Facts, Biography & Naming of America (citing Erika Cosme of Mariners Museum & Park, Newport News VA). 20 September 2017 (accessed 23 June 2019)
  2. ^ Though the modern state of Italy was established in 1861, the Latin equivalent of the term Italian had been in use for natives of the region since antiquity. See Pliny the Elder, Letters 9.23.