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Amerigo Vespucci - Wikipedia Amerigo Vespucci ( vɛˈspuːtʃi vesp-OO-chee, [1] Italian: [ameˈriːɡo veˈsputtʃi]; 9 March 1454 – 22 February 1512) was an Italian explorer, navigator and popular author from the Republic of Florence after whom America is named
Amerigo Vespucci | Biography, Accomplishments, Facts | Britannica Amerigo Vespucci, merchant and explorer-navigator who took part in early voyages to the New World (1499–1500 and 1501–02) and occupied the influential post of piloto mayor (‘master navigator’) in Sevilla (1508–12) The name for the Americas is derived from his given name
Amerigo Vespucci - Discover, Facts Route | HISTORY Amerigo Vespucci was a 16th-century Italian merchant and explorer remembered not only for his voyages that altered the course of history but for bestowing the New World with the name “America ”
Amerigo Vespucci: Facts, Biography Naming of America Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci is best known for his namesake: the continents of North and South America But why were these continents named after him, especially since his voyages happened
Amerigo Vespucci Biography - life, family, childhood, name, death . . . Vespucci explored to Cape Santo Agostinho, at the shoulder of Brazil, after which he coasted westward past the Maracaibo Gulf This may have been the first expedition to touch Brazil as well as the first to cross the Equator in New World waters
Amerigo Vespucci Timeline of Discoveries and Accomplishments Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian merchant and explorer who completed four voyages to the Americas between 1497 and 1504 He was the first European to recognize that these lands were not part of Asia, but a new continent
Amerigo Vespucci - Ages of Exploration Vespucci wrote a detailed letter to his friend Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici describing his trip, the natives, and geography of the places he had visited He also first describes a very large river that we today know as the Amazon River
Amerigo Vespucci: Biography, Explorer, New World On May 10, 1497, explorer Amerigo Vespucci embarked on his first voyage On his third and most successful voyage, he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata Believing he had
Amerigo Vespucci - u-s-history. com It is generally believed that Vespucci sailed to the West Indies in 1499, entered the mouth of the Amazon River and sighted the Orinoco River before returning to Spain