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Amerigo Vespucci


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An Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer

Biography

Vespucci first demonstrated in about 1502 that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to people of the Old World. Colloquially referred to as the New World, this second super continent came to be termed "Americas", deriving its name from Americus, the Latin version of Vespucci's first name.

Publications

TitlePublication DateDescriptionLink
Amerigo Vespucci (webpage from Wikipedia) A moderately long article about Vespucci. Link

Events

NameDate
Amerigo Vespucci born 1454-03-09
Amerigo Vespucci died 1512-02-22