Amerigo Vespucci
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By : Alyssa Johansen
Before the Voyages
 Amerigo Vespucci was born on March 9, 1451 in Florence, Italy
 Even though he was born in Italy, he became and accustomed citizen of Spain
around 1504
 Amerigo’s parents were Sir Nastagio and Lisabetta Mini
 His father worked as a notary and his family was friends of The Medicis
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He was educated by his paternal uncle named Guido Antonio Vespucci
 When Amerigo was 20 his uncle gave him his fist job and sent for him a
diplomatic mission in Paris
 This started his amazement with exploring
Vespucci’s 1st Voyage
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He started this voyage on May 10, 1497
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It was sponsored by Spain
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Spain wanted to know what land it had gained from the Treaty of Tordessius
Vespucci’s 2nd Voyage
• Amerigo’s second voyage was sponsored by
Portugal
• Amerigo took notes of the constellations and
moon cycles to make measurements of
meridians, latitude, and longitude
The Naming of America
• Amerigo Vespucci wrote letters to the Medicis so
they could know what was going on
• Some of the letters were published and a
mapmaker read them thinking that Amerigo
Vespucci discovered the new world and
translated many many different Latin ways to say
the name and came up with America.
• People who knew Columbus discovered the new
world were mad and wanted to change it but
America stuck.
Commitments
• Vespucci had some amazing commitments to the
world
• He improve the geography, astronomy, and
discovered the Amazon River.
• He was able to live peacefully with cannibals and
natives . He only attacked if they attacked first.
• He didn’t go for the 3 Gs he went out of curiosity
• He was never the lead of a expedition , but he
was important. America was named after the
right guy
After the voyage
• On his 2nd voyage Vespucci caught a disease
called Marilia and died of sickness in Florence,
Italy on February 22, 1512 at age 57
• He was a great man and was a very kind and
considerate explorer.
Bibliography
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rico_
Vespucio
• http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_date_did_A
merigo_Vespucci_die#slide=1&article=What_
date_did_Amerigo_Vespucci_die