This document provides brief biographies of several famous Italian explorers from history, including Giovanni da Pian del Carpine, Marco Polo, Giovanni Caboto, Cristoforo Colombo, Amerigo Vespucci, and Umberto Nobile. It discusses their explorations and discoveries in places like Asia, North America, South America, and the Arctic. The document also mentions that it was written by Leonardo Lorenzini.

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AMOUS I TALI AN EXPLORER

2. Giovanni da Pian del
Carpine (c. 1180– 1252).
Franciscan f riar, he
was t he f irst European
t raveller in t he Mongol
Empir e Mar co Polo (c.
1254–1324),
explor er and
merchant , f amous
f or his t r avels in

3. Giovanni Cabot o (c. 1450–
c. 1499), explorer f or
England. I n t he summer of
1497, he crossed t he
At lant ic and discovered
t he mainland of Nort h
America
Crist of oro Colombo
(1451–1506). explorer
f or Spain. He Sailed in
1492 and discovered
t he “New Wor ld” of t he

4. Amerigo Vespucci (1454–
1512).Discovered t he Amazon River
in Sout h America. The name f or
t he Americas is derived f r om his
given name because he f irst
demonst rat ed t hat t he new land
discovered by Columbus did not
represent Asia’s east ern edge as
init ially conj ect ured f rom
Columbus woyages, but inst ead

5. Umbert o
Nobile (1885–1978).
Engineer and Arct ic
explorer . The f irst
man t o f ly over t he
Nort h Pole wit h his
dirigible.
By Leonardo Lorenzini

6. Umbert o
Nobile (1885–1978).
Engineer and Arct ic
explorer . The f irst
man t o f ly over t he
Nort h Pole wit h his
dirigible.
By Leonardo Lorenzini