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by Gary Karlsen
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Queen duvet cover (88" x 88") featuring the image "Amerigo Vespucci Lived Here" by Gary Karlsen. Our soft microfiber duvet covers are hand sewn and include a hidden zipper for easy washing and assembly. Your selected image is printed on the top surface with a soft white surface underneath. All duvet covers are machine washable with cold water and a mild detergent.
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I took this photo in the old Tuscan city of Montefioralle, an hour or so drive by car south of Florence, Italy.... more
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I took this photo in the old Tuscan city of Montefioralle, an hour or so drive by car south of Florence, Italy.
This is the Vespucci family crest. It is rather unique in that it displays a group of six wasps. Hmm ... some research beckons to learn the significance of the wasps.
The latin inscription says something like, "this is the old home of the Vespucci family". Indeed, our guide in Montefioralle told us that the house was still owned by the Vespuccis.
Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 – February 22, 1512) was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to Afro-Eurasians. Colloquially referred to as the New World, this second super continent came to be termed "America", deriving its name from Americus, the Latin version of Vespucci's...
Gary Karlsen is a writer and amateur photographer. His rich and varied travels have included sailing the oceans of world on deep-sea freighters, circumnavigating North America by thumb, riding the rails across Canada, flying single engine airplanes into mountain lakes, traveling half the globe as a merchant mariner, and speaking at international conferences as an educator. He has travelled through careers in the construction industry, the teaching profession, and as a television producer. Karlsen continues to explore the world with his lifelong companion, Joanne and share it with others through his writing, his photography, and videos (See YouTube). He lives with his wife in British Columbia, Canada. See travel Blog, IN FRANCE WITH...
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