Thinking of Italian explorers means thinking chiefly of three names: Cristoforo Colombo, Marco Polo and Amerigo Vespucci. Of course, there are many other famous men of adventures hailing from the Bel Paese, like Antonio Pigafetta, who travelled with Magellan to the Indies, or Umberto Nobile, famous especially for its polar expeditions and for having created and flown the first aircraft across the polar ice cap from Europe to America.

As many incredible Italian adventurers and men of science have been, though, forgotten, if not by history, at least by the wider public. It may be time to take a look at some of their achievements and stories.

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Fonte: L'italo-Americano