Amerigo Vespucci
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| Amerigo Vespucci | |
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 Statue at the Uffizi, Florence. |
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| Born | March 9, 1454 Florence, Italy |
| Died | February 22, 1512 (aged 57) Seville, Spain |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Other names | Américo Vespucio [es] Americus Vespucius [la] |
| Known for | Demonstrating that the New World was not Asia but a previously-unknown fourth continent.[a] |
Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 - February 22, 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. He was the first person to explain that the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 was not the eastern area of Asia, but an unknown continent (America).
It is also popularly believed that North and South America derive their name from a Latinized version his first name.[1]
He died of malaria.
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- Canaday, James A. The Life of Amerigo Vespucci.
- Account of 'The First Voyage', 1497: Letter of Amerigo Vespucci To Pier Soderini - Fordham University (U.S.) Internet Modern History Sourcebook
- A scale model - A scaled wooden model of the Amerigo Vespucci.
- Free eBook Amerigo Vespucci by Frederick A. Ober at Project Gutenberg
- 'I am America.' - New York Times: Five hundred years ago, our continent was given a name.
References [change]
- ↑ Arciniegas, Germán. Amerigo and the New World: The Life & Times of Amerigo Vespucci. Translated by Harriet de Onís. New York: Octagon Books, 1978.
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