Word: vespucci
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...Stars and Bars, with a jaundiced eye. Judge Priest turns the tables in masterful fashion. While the strains of "Dixie" are wafted into the hushed courtroom, the parson, (Henry B. Walthall) comes forward as character witness on behalf of the defendant. The resulting climax will cause Guiseppe Vespucci, of South Boston, to rise tearful from his seat and give the rebel yell...
From Florence, Italy, last week press-agented with folio upon folio on the City of Flowers, on its musical heritage stretched to include Dante, Michelangelo & Amerigo Vespucci, came the Florentine Polyphonic Choir, gave its debut concert* in Carnegie Hall, Manhattan...
...much more the insatiable longing of a certain type of intellect to penetrate farther into the unknown than any other living being has yet been. It is rash, reckless, and usually productive of little immediate good; but had it not been a moving force since the beginning of history, Vespucci had been an obscure Portuguese sailor, and the western prairies would still be the hunting ground of the coyote and the timber wolf...
...small percentage of the amount of classical literature handed down through the Middle Ages. During the same period Cyriacus of Ancona was engaged in the work of exploring the ancient monuments and transcribing their Latin inscriptions. Fra Giacondo, while similarly occupied made drawings of many of the monuments. Amerigo Vespucci and Columbus were the discoverers of the latter part of this age, and the inspiration of Columbus may be traced partially at least to Ptolemy and Dante...
Geological Conference. Papers: Remarks on a Copy of the German Edition of Vespucci's Third Voyage, printed in Nuremburg by Wolfganug Huerber in 1505. Mr. J. B. Woodworth.- Some Recent Observations in Norway. Mr. R. L. Barrett. Geologcal Laboratory, Room...