What's in a name? Depends if yours is Amerigo

ESSENTIAL NEWS. March 6, 2025. Florida Weekly

How does the United States of Vespucciland sound to you?

Kind of a mouthful, right?

But it could have been. Here’s the story:

One of the lesser-known holidays coming up this week is Amerigo Vespucci Day (pronounced vuh-spoo-chee).

Vespucci was an Italian explorer who made at least two voyages from Europe to what he called The New World in 1499 and 1502. The…