Columnist Mark Patinkin ponders new names for Rhode Island and it's cities and towns as the Gulf of Mexico gets renamed.

Another is that Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano thought we looked like the Greek island of Rhodes. Wouldn’t it be better to name us after something more relevant? From our beginnings ...

During the Second World War, nurses working at the then modern Luton & Dunstable Hospital decided to help the war effort by ‘adopting’ Royal Navy submarine, HMS Undaunted.

RI just endured a record-setting stretch of wildfires driven by weather extremes. Here's why burning forests might be the ...

When Giovanni da Verrazzano explored Narragansett Bay in 1524, he reported seeing wide-open plains along the coast. A century later, William Wood, Thomas Morton and other Europeans made similar ...

It is after all why America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, whose letters popularised the discovery of the New World, as opposed to the navigators John Cabot or Giovanni da Verrazzano who ...

ShareUS President Donald Trump apparently ignored history in signing his legion of Executive Orders immediately after his swearing-in in a bold attempt to prove that Washington holds the key to power ...

Gabriella Carignani is known for Giovanni Da Verrazzano: dal Rinascimento a New York City (2024).

Alfredo Marimon is known for Giovanni Da Verrazzano: dal Rinascimento a New York City (2024).

French tennis prodigy Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard has established a name for himself on the ATP circuit with his incredible achievements last season. With his versatile performance, he achieved his ...

Interior of a Picture Gallery with the Collection of Cardinal Silvio Valenti Gonzaga by Giovanni Paolo Panini shows a truly spectacular assembly of artworks.