Italians at Sea…

Since according to official Intolerista dogma, it’s no longer ideologically correct to recognize Christopher Columbus Day, here’s to some daring adventurers from Italy that set out in search of far-away lands even if they didn’t always find what they were looking for…

Giovanni Caboto

Odorico Mattiussi 

Giovanni da Verrazzano

Marco Polo

Amerigo Vespucci

and of course Giovanni Mazzarella & Francesco D’Allessandro with out whom yours truly would not be here today.