This document provides brief biographies of several famous Italian explorers from history. It describes Giovanni da Pian del Carpine as the first European traveler in the Mongol Empire in the 13th century. It notes that Marco Polo was an explorer and merchant famous for his travels in Asia in the late 13th century. It also mentions Giovanni Caboto, who explored for England and discovered the mainland of North America in 1497. Cristoforo Colombo, who sailed in 1492 and discovered the New World of the Americas for Spain, is also described. The document notes that Amerigo Vespucci discovered the Amazon River and that the Americas are named after him. It provides a short biography of Umberto

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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