The Academy

Back Home Next

Herein discourse Galileo and Vespucci
on the Discovery of New Worlds.

The Academy

The Academy

Villa Saraceno
 Andrea Palladio

 

 

 

 

Ponson & Kaszuba
Construction Company

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vespucci: (wondering around the Academy) Wow...This Galileo guy was a busy fellow!

Galileo: Yes, in fact, I perfected the Telescope, invented the thermometer, discovered different moons and starts, experimented with gravity, and expanded     Da Vinci's studies on necessary Laws of Nature, just to name a few.

Vespucci: Well, at least I have a continent named after me! Because I was one of the first people to travel to the New World, they named it after me-- The Americas.

Galileo:  Do you really want to claim that discovery?  All you discovered was a bunch of naked people that ate each other.

Vespucci:  That's true to some extent.  Yes, the inhabitants were more liberal than the Europeans.  So what if they chose not to wear clothes?  It was hot and they wanted a nice tan. And as for eating each other-- it tastes just like chicken.

Galileo:  Well, well, eh, I have four moons named after me.

Vespucci:  At least I wasn't the fool that got imprisoned for what I said. 

 

Construction firm: Kaszuba & Ponson, Inc.

Saint Leo University, Copyright 2000

Faculty Webserver - Disclaimer
Views expressed on this website are the views of the faculty member.