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Amerigo Vespucci 1454-1512

 

Amerigo Vespucci 1454-1512

 



Amerigo claimed to have discovered Central Brazil. Next thing you know, the area was named America. In 1538, the geographer Mercator applied the word America to the whole known western world.

The man Amerigo was born in Florence, Italy.

 

Amerigo Vespucci's Family

Amerigo Vespucci's father was Nastagio.

Amerigo Vespucci's uncle, Giorgio Antonio, took wee Amerigo under his wing.

The girl of Amerigo's dreams was Maria Cerezo.

 


AMERIGO VESPUCCI
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Amerigo & Chris

Christopher Columbus was just three years older than Amerigo Vespucci. And, you guessed it, they met.


Here is the map of Amerigo Vespucci's trips:


World Map 1340 - 1600
ROUTES OF VESPUCCI
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Amerigo Vespucci's famous voyage in 1501 / 1502 became quite the eye-opener for the map industry. How come? The newly discovered lands were not a part of Asia or anything ever known before, but an entirely new continent, a New World.

Big eyes there and double shifts in the map drawing industry.


In 1507, Martin Waldseemüller put a map together and suggested the name America for today's South America. That map, by the way, was recently purchased by the US Library of Congress for the round sum of $10 million.

The same sum was paid for Southern Arizona and New Mexico, just FYI.


For the Discovery of North America, check this map

 

Discovery of North America
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