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
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
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