Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer born in Florence, Italy in 1451. He made four voyages to the New World between 1497-1503, exploring the coasts of South America and realizing that the lands discovered were not Asia but a "New World." Although Vespucci did not discover America, the continents were named after him when a map published in 1507 labeled the new lands as America, in his honor. Vespucci advanced navigation, cartography and astronomy through his accurate measurements and by sharing his findings with other scientists.
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer born in 1451 who dreamed of traveling around the world to see what it looked like. He worked as a businessman to earn enough money to become an explorer, and was eventually sponsored by Spain in 1499 to embark on voyages where he determined that the lands "discovered" by Christopher Columbus were not Asia but a New World, leading mapmakers to name the new continent America after his first name.
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer born in 1451 in Florence, Italy. He made four voyages of exploration to the New World between 1497-1504. On his voyages, he explored the coasts of South America and realized that the lands discovered by Columbus were not Asia but a separate, unknown continent. He named the new continent America. Vespucci died of malaria in Seville, Spain in 1512, and the continents of North and South America were later named after him due to his recognition that they were separate from Asia.
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Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer from Florence, Italy who lived from 1454-1512. He made four voyages to the New World between 1499-1504 and was the first person to recognize that the lands discovered by Columbus were not Asia, but an entirely new continent. Vespucci helped prepare ships for Columbus's voyages and his own voyages helped him determine the circumference of the Earth to within 50 miles. In 1507, a map was published naming the new lands as America, after Vespucci, which is how the Americas came to be named.
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Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer born in 1451 who dreamed of traveling around the world to see what it looked like. He worked as a businessman to earn enough money to become an explorer, and was eventually sponsored by Spain in 1499 to embark on voyages where he determined that the lands "discovered" by Christopher Columbus were not Asia but a New World, leading mapmakers to name the new continent America after his first name.
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer born in 1451 in Florence, Italy. He made four voyages of exploration to the New World between 1497-1504. On his voyages, he explored the coasts of South America and realized that the lands discovered by Columbus were not Asia but a separate, unknown continent. He named the new continent America. Vespucci died of malaria in Seville, Spain in 1512, and the continents of North and South America were later named after him due to his recognition that they were separate from Asia.
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Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer from Florence, Italy who lived from 1454-1512. He made four voyages to the New World between 1499-1504 and was the first person to recognize that the lands discovered by Columbus were not Asia, but an entirely new continent. Vespucci helped prepare ships for Columbus's voyages and his own voyages helped him determine the circumference of the Earth to within 50 miles. In 1507, a map was published naming the new lands as America, after Vespucci, which is how the Americas came to be named.
Isabella I was queen of Castile from 1474-1504. In 1469, she married Ferdinand II of Aragon, uniting Spain's two largest kingdoms. In 1492, they completed the Reconquista by defeating the last Muslim kingdom in Granada. That same year, they expelled all Jews who refused conversion and sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage, which established Spain's overseas empire. Isabella took an interest in the treatment of Native Americans brought back from the new lands.
Este documento resume un artículo sobre la gestión del conocimiento. Explica que la gestión del conocimiento implica optimizar el uso del conocimiento como un recurso mediante la creación de condiciones para que fluya mejor entre las personas y organizaciones. También explora preguntas como qué es el conocimiento, por qué la gestión del conocimiento es importante ahora, y si el conocimiento puede ser realmente gestionado.
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Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer born in 1454 in Florence, Italy who made several voyages to the New World. During his voyages, he explored the coasts of Venezuela, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Brazil. Vespucci was the first to realize that America was not part of Asia but rather a new continent, leading to America being named after him. He faced hardships like strong currents forcing him to turn back before finding the southern stars he sought and long voyages across the Atlantic due to light winds.
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Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer born in 1454 in Florence, Italy who made several voyages to the New World. During his voyages, he explored the coasts of Venezuela, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Brazil. Vespucci was the first to realize that America was not part of Asia but rather a new continent, leading to America being named after him. He faced hardships like strong currents forcing him to turn back before finding the southern stars he sought and long voyages across the Atlantic due to light winds.
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer born in 1454 in Florence, Italy. He was interested in astronomy from a young age and wanted to become an explorer. Vespucci gained experience working for Christopher Columbus and studying navigation. He led his own exploratory voyages to areas discovered by Columbus, finding that the lands were not Asia but a new continent. Vespucci made important discoveries but also faced challenges like illness among his crew. He died of malaria in 1512 in Spain at the age of 58, and America was later named after him.
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The Age of Exploration began in the 1400s as Europeans developed new technologies like the compass, caravel ships, and the printing press which allowed them to learn more about distant lands. Explorers like Vasco de Gama and Christopher Columbus sought new trade routes and wealth for their sponsoring countries by exploring Africa and the Americas. Their voyages established contact between Europe, Africa, and the Americas and marked the rise of European empires in these regions.
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy and studied maps and navigation. He convinced the Catholic Monarchs to fund his voyage by proposing that he could find a western route to Asia faster than traveling east. In 1492, Columbus landed on an island in the Americas believing he had reached Asia, becoming the first European to discover the New World, though he did not realize this before his death in 1506.
Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant who traveled extensively throughout Asia in the late 13th century and documented his travels in a book that introduced Europeans to many aspects of Central and East Asian civilization. In the 15th century, Europeans developed new navigational technologies and maps that allowed them to explore new trade routes by sailing around Africa and across the Atlantic. Portugal took the lead in sending expeditions down the coast of Africa, with explorers like Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama finding routes to India. Spain also sponsored voyages across the Atlantic, with Columbus making the first voyage in 1492, mistakenly believing he had reached Asia but actually discovering the Americas.
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The Age of Discovery began in the 15th century due to technological advances in navigation and the desire for new trade routes to Asia. Countries like Portugal and Spain launched expeditions down the coast of Africa in search of routes to India. Explorers like Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama established the route around the Cape of Good Hope. Christopher Columbus sailed west hoping to reach Asia but discovered the Americas instead in 1492. Ferdinand Magellan's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe between 1519-1522. The discoveries led to European dominance, exchange of goods and ideas between hemispheres, but diseases devastated native populations in the Americas.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who sought to find a western sea route to Asia, with funding from the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella. On August 3rd, 1492, Columbus departed from Spain with three ships and arrived in the Bahamas on October 12th, believing he had reached Asia. He encountered the indigenous Taíno people, explored several islands including Cuba and Hispaniola, and kidnapped some natives before returning to Spain. His voyage marked the beginning of widespread contact between Europeans and the peoples of the Americas.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who made four voyages between Spain and the Americas between 1492 and 1503. These voyages marked the beginning of European colonization of the Americas. Columbus wrongly estimated the distance between Europe and Asia and believed he had reached Asia when he landed in the Bahamas, not realizing he had discovered a new continent. While Columbus opened the door for European colonization, he faced increasing difficulties governing the colonies and was imprisoned for a year due to accusations of tyrannical rule before returning to Spain, where he died still convinced he had reached Asia.
The Age of Discovery began in the 15th century as European powers sought new trade routes and lands. Portugal, Spain, England, France and the Netherlands launched explorations led by figures like Columbus, Vespucci, Cabot and Verrazano. These explorations resulted in contact with indigenous peoples in the Americas and led to the beginning of European colonization and exploitation of resources. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided control of newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal. Significant explorations included those by Columbus, Cortes-Real, Cabot, Vespucci, Magellan and others. Indigenous populations declined sharply due to disease and conflict with European colonizers.
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The document provides an overview of the Renaissance period in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It discusses several key developments including the fall of Constantinople, the spread of humanism and new modes of thinking, advances in art and science, and major geographical explorations. Some of the most prominent figures that contributed new ideas and made important discoveries during this period include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Galileo, and explorers like Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus.
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer born in 1454 who made four voyages to the Americas and discovered that it was a new continent, not Asia, becoming famous for his discoveries. Despite his parents wanting him in commerce, he pursued exploration, sailing along the coasts of South America, Cuba, Brazil, and discovering that this was a new continent, not Asia. After his third disappointing voyage, he retired as Master Navigator of Seville, Spain and died in 1512, with the continents of North and South America being named after him.
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Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer born in 1454 in Florence, Italy who made several voyages to the New World. During his voyages, he explored the coasts of Venezuela, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Brazil. Vespucci was the first to realize that America was not part of Asia but rather a new continent, leading to America being named after him. He faced hardships like strong currents forcing him to turn back before finding the southern stars he sought and long voyages across the Atlantic due to light winds.
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Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer born in 1454 in Florence, Italy who made several voyages to the New World. During his voyages, he explored the coasts of Venezuela, Cuba, Hispaniola, and Brazil. Vespucci was the first to realize that America was not part of Asia but rather a new continent, leading to America being named after him. He faced hardships like strong currents forcing him to turn back before finding the southern stars he sought and long voyages across the Atlantic due to light winds.
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer born in 1454 in Florence, Italy. He was interested in astronomy from a young age and wanted to become an explorer. Vespucci gained experience working for Christopher Columbus and studying navigation. He led his own exploratory voyages to areas discovered by Columbus, finding that the lands were not Asia but a new continent. Vespucci made important discoveries but also faced challenges like illness among his crew. He died of malaria in 1512 in Spain at the age of 58, and America was later named after him.
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15 famous explorers who changed the world through their voyages of discovery between the 13th-early 20th centuries. Marco Polo's travel writings inspired later explorers like Columbus. Henry the Navigator initiated Portugal's Age of Discovery. Columbus' voyages opened the colonization of the Americas. Vasco da Gama was the first to sail from Europe to India by sea. Amerigo Vespucci demonstrated that the Americas were a separate continent. Magellan led the first circumnavigation of the Earth. Drake was the first Englishman to do so. Cook mapped Australia and the Pacific. Amundsen was the first to reach the South Pole.
This document profiles several important Spanish explorers, navigators, and conquistadors from the 15th and 16th centuries. It discusses Christopher Columbus and his four voyages of exploration between 1492 and 1503. It also briefly summarizes the voyages and discoveries of Alonso de Ojeda, Vicente Yañez Pinzon, Vasco Nunez de Balboa, Juan Diaz de Solis, Ferdinand Magellan, Juan Sebastian El Cano, and Hernando de Soto.
Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci were both influential explorers. Columbus made four voyages to the Americas between 1492 and 1504, establishing a settlement in Hispaniola. Vespucci took part in voyages to the New World in 1499-1500 and 1501-1502, exploring the northern coast of South America. It was Vespucci's explorations that led to the new continent being named "America" after him in 1507, establishing his legacy alongside Columbus in pioneering the Age of Discovery.
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. In 1492, he sailed from Spain with three ships and came upon land in the Bahamas, believing he had reached Asia. He explored the islands of Haiti and Cuba before returning to Spain. In 1493, he returned to the West with 14 ships and 1500 people, discovering more islands including Puerto Rico and Martinique. Though he never knew it, Columbus had in fact reached a "New World" and not Asia as he believed.
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy. In 1492, he sailed from Spain with three ships and arrived in the Bahamas on October 12th, believing he had reached Asia. He explored the islands of Haiti and Cuba before returning to Spain. In 1493, he returned to the West with 14 ships and 1500 people, discovering more islands including Puerto Rico and Martinique. Columbus made three more voyages, discovering more islands and parts of South America, though he died in 1506 still convinced he had reached Asia.
The document summarizes key events and figures from the Age of Exploration period between the 15th and 17th centuries. It describes voyages by European explorers like Christopher Columbus, Vasco da Gama, Ferdinand Magellan, and others who sought new trade routes and lands for their home countries and helped expand geographic knowledge around the world. Many important discoveries were made, including new continents and ocean passages, though the impacts on indigenous peoples were often negative.
The Age of Exploration began in the 1400s as Europeans developed new technologies like the compass, caravel ships, and the printing press which allowed them to learn more about distant lands. Explorers like Vasco de Gama and Christopher Columbus sought new trade routes and wealth for their sponsoring countries by exploring Africa and the Americas. Their voyages established contact between Europe, Africa, and the Americas and marked the rise of European empires in these regions.
Christopher Columbus was born in 1451 in Genoa, Italy and studied maps and navigation. He convinced the Catholic Monarchs to fund his voyage by proposing that he could find a western route to Asia faster than traveling east. In 1492, Columbus landed on an island in the Americas believing he had reached Asia, becoming the first European to discover the New World, though he did not realize this before his death in 1506.
Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant who traveled extensively throughout Asia in the late 13th century and documented his travels in a book that introduced Europeans to many aspects of Central and East Asian civilization. In the 15th century, Europeans developed new navigational technologies and maps that allowed them to explore new trade routes by sailing around Africa and across the Atlantic. Portugal took the lead in sending expeditions down the coast of Africa, with explorers like Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama finding routes to India. Spain also sponsored voyages across the Atlantic, with Columbus making the first voyage in 1492, mistakenly believing he had reached Asia but actually discovering the Americas.
Unit 7 - The Age of Discoveries - 2º bil ESORocío G.
The Age of Discovery began in the 15th century due to technological advances in navigation and the desire for new trade routes to Asia. Countries like Portugal and Spain launched expeditions down the coast of Africa in search of routes to India. Explorers like Bartolomeu Dias and Vasco de Gama established the route around the Cape of Good Hope. Christopher Columbus sailed west hoping to reach Asia but discovered the Americas instead in 1492. Ferdinand Magellan's expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe between 1519-1522. The discoveries led to European dominance, exchange of goods and ideas between hemispheres, but diseases devastated native populations in the Americas.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who sought to find a western sea route to Asia, with funding from the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella. On August 3rd, 1492, Columbus departed from Spain with three ships and arrived in the Bahamas on October 12th, believing he had reached Asia. He encountered the indigenous Taíno people, explored several islands including Cuba and Hispaniola, and kidnapped some natives before returning to Spain. His voyage marked the beginning of widespread contact between Europeans and the peoples of the Americas.
Christopher Columbus was an Italian explorer who made four voyages between Spain and the Americas between 1492 and 1503. These voyages marked the beginning of European colonization of the Americas. Columbus wrongly estimated the distance between Europe and Asia and believed he had reached Asia when he landed in the Bahamas, not realizing he had discovered a new continent. While Columbus opened the door for European colonization, he faced increasing difficulties governing the colonies and was imprisoned for a year due to accusations of tyrannical rule before returning to Spain, where he died still convinced he had reached Asia.
The Age of Discovery began in the 15th century as European powers sought new trade routes and lands. Portugal, Spain, England, France and the Netherlands launched explorations led by figures like Columbus, Vespucci, Cabot and Verrazano. These explorations resulted in contact with indigenous peoples in the Americas and led to the beginning of European colonization and exploitation of resources. The Treaty of Tordesillas divided control of newly discovered lands between Spain and Portugal. Significant explorations included those by Columbus, Cortes-Real, Cabot, Vespucci, Magellan and others. Indigenous populations declined sharply due to disease and conflict with European colonizers.
The document summarizes the key points from Gavin Menzies' book "1421: The Year China Discovered the World", which argues that the Chinese fleet of Admiral Zheng He traveled widely throughout the world in the 15th century, decades or centuries before European explorers. It discusses Menzies' personal discovery of the book, provides background on Menzies and his research methods. It also summarizes some of the evidence from ancient maps and Chinese records that Menzies cites to support his controversial thesis.
The document provides an overview of the Renaissance period in Europe between the 14th and 17th centuries. It discusses several key developments including the fall of Constantinople, the spread of humanism and new modes of thinking, advances in art and science, and major geographical explorations. Some of the most prominent figures that contributed new ideas and made important discoveries during this period include Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Galileo, and explorers like Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus.
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer born in 1454 who made four voyages to the Americas and discovered that it was a new continent, not Asia, becoming famous for his discoveries. Despite his parents wanting him in commerce, he pursued exploration, sailing along the coasts of South America, Cuba, Brazil, and discovering that this was a new continent, not Asia. After his third disappointing voyage, he retired as Master Navigator of Seville, Spain and died in 1512, with the continents of North and South America being named after him.
2. Background Information
Born in Florence, Italy during the Renaissance period; lived from
1451-1512.
An Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer.
Vespucci was sent to his uncle Giorgio, a priest, in the Republic of
Florence (now Italy) to study logic, theology, grammar, history, and
poetry.
As a young boy, Amerigo's happiest moments were studying the
stars. He excelled in mathematics and his hobby was copying maps.
His dream as a young boy was to travel and get a better picture about
what the Earth looked like.
Vespucci spent his early career in the banking firm of Lorenzo di
Pierfrancesco de' Medici.
Vespucci moved to Seville in 1491
In 1505 he became a Spanish citizen.
In 1508 Vespucci became Piloto Mayor
(chief pilot) of Spain.
3. Purpose of Journey
Quicker way to sail to Asia
He was very interested in finding a quicker way to sail to Asia.
Find latitude in the Southern Hemisphere
Vespucci was interested in locating a star that was fixed to the South Pole as the North Star
was fixed to the North Pole. If he found it, explorers would be able to find latitude in the
Southern Hemisphere .
Although Vespucci didn't find the star, he did give map makers 3,300 miles more to add to
their maps.
Discover where Columbus had actually reached
Vespucci wanted to find out for himself where Columbus had actually reached.
Columbus claims that he had reached Asia when he actually travelled to the Indies.
Finding treasure in the New World for Spain
In 1499, King Ferdinand V of Spain granted for Vespucci to explore the New World, in the
hopes of finding treasure in the New World.
Claim land and waters for Portugal
In 1501, King Manuel of Portugal commissioned Vespucci to set sail to the New World to
claim land and waters for Portugal.
4. Route of Expedition
He claimed that he made four voyages: 1497, 1499, 1501, and 1503.
First voyage
Vespucci wrote a letter describing of a lengthy visit to the New World, leaving Spain in
May 1497 and returning in October 1498.
Second voyage
Vespucci went as an astronomer and "as a merchant" from the Spanish city of Cadiz
on May 18th, 1499, in an expedition led by a Spanish explorer, Alonso de Ojeda.
The intention was to sail around the southern end of the African mainland into the
Indian Ocean.
He traveled to Guyana, after sailed southward, discovering the mouth of the Amazon
River, and Trinidad, and returning to Spain by way of Hispaniola.
Third voyage
Vespucci set sail from Lisbon on May 13th, 1501, in the service of Portugal.
The fleet sailed first to Cape Verde, after that to coast of Brazil, they sailed south along
the coast of South America.
In this expedition, Vespucci mapped Alpha, Beta Centauri, and constellation Crux (the
Southern Cross)
On his return to Lisbon, Vespucci wrote in a letter(Mundus Novus -New World) to
Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici that the land masses they explored were much
larger than anticipated and different from the Asia described by Ptolemy or Marco Polo
and therefore, must be a New World
The expedition returned home in March, 1502.
Fourth voyage
Little is known of his last voyage in 1503–1504 or even whether it actually took place.
5. Hardships Faced
Sailors could estimate their north-south position by watching the North Star at
night. However, as a ship travelled further south, the North Star appeared lower in
the sky. This made it difficult to map out distance east and west. Vespucci began to
keep track of his distance from the equator and used stars and other constellations
not visible in Europe.
Vespucci and his crew had difficulties exploring the New World on foot because of
the dense forests.
It was initially difficult to communicate with the natives but he was able to teach
them sign language.
Vespucci and his crew were frequently attacked by native tribes when they tried to
land on the shore.
Vespucci’s forth voyage was his last, because he contracted malaria and died in
Spain in the year 1512 at the age of 58.
6. Other Notable Occurrences
The controversy
Soon after Vespucci’s death, scholars were questioning his claim of discovery, they
found very little evidence supporting his claim of having a voyage in 1497.
He had claimed to have led all his expedition but he was only navigator or
commander of a single ship.
In 1507 the German mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller, printed the first map that
used the name “America” for the New World clearly named after Amerigo Vespucci.
As a young man he read widely and collected books and maps. He began working
for local bankers and was sent to Spain in 1492 to look after his employer's business
interests.
Amerigo Vespucci also described the culture of the indigenous people, and focused
on their diet, religion, and what made these letters very popular - their sexual,
marriage, and childbirth practices.
He excelled in mathematics and his hobby was copying maps. His dream as a
young boy was to travel and get a better picture about what the Earth looked like.
Amerigo spent half of his life as a business man hoping to strike it rich so he could
explore
7. Historical Contributions
Best Known As: The explorer after whose name was given to the American continents by
Waldsmuller in 1507
Vespucci was the first European which understood that the lands across the Atlantic were
"new worlds.“
European public learned about the newly discovered continent of the Americas for the first
time from Lettera al Soderini (Lettera)
a letter in Italian addressed to Piero Soderini.
Printed in 1504 or 1505, it claimed to be an account of four voyages to the Americas made by
Vespucci between 1497 and 1504
In his life time, Vespucci advanced the study of navigation, cartography, and astronomy:
Vespucci’s methods for calculating longitude were more accurate than the traditional means.
Vespucci estimated the size of the Earth’s surface quiet accurately and he was just 50 miles
short off its actual circumference.
Vespucci exchanged ideas with map makers and scientists after his expeditions so they could
revise their maps and measurements of the Earth’s circumference.
In 1508, after only two voyages to the Americas, the position of chief of navigation of Spain
was created for Vespucci, with the responsibility of :
planning navigation.
commissioned him to found a school of navigation, in order to standardize and modernize
navigation techniques used by Iberian sea captains then exploring the world.
8. Did Vespucci discover America?
No!
On 12 October 1492 Christopher Columbus
was the first to reach land to the west of
America in the Bahamas.
Christopher Columbus was followed by
Vespucci and many other explorers who were
all searching for a passage to the Indies.
9. Bibliography
Books:
Fritz, Jean. Around the World in a Hundred Years. New York: Scholastic Inc., 1994.Print
Burton, Rosemary and Cavendish, Richard and Stonehouse, Bernard. Journeys of the Great Explorers.
Hampshire: A.A Publishing, 1992.Print
Wyatt, Valerie. Who Discovered America? Kids Can Press Ltd. 2008, Toronto, Ontario.
Ray, Kurt. Amerigo, Vespucci, Italian Explorer of the Americas. The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc.
2004.New York, NY.
Websites:
“Vespucci, Amerigo.” Chronicles of America. N.p, 2006-2009. Web. 26 April 2010.
“ Vespucci, Amerigo.” About.com: Geography. The New York Times Company, 2010. Web. 23 April 2010
Alchin, L.K. “Vespucci, Amerigo.” Elizabethan-era.org.uk. N.p, n.d. Web. April 28 2010.
Tomasson, David. “All Individual Explorers.pdf” Tomasson History. N.p, n.d. Web. April 26 2010.
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Encyclopaedias:
Moyer, Ann E. “Vespucci, Amerigo.” World Book Student. World Book, 2010 Web. 25 April 2010.
N.A “Vespucci, Amerigo.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 2010 Web. 25 April 2010.
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Vespucci claimed to have six voyages. True False
There is a controversy about Vespucci’s True False
claim of having a voyage in 1497.
Vespucci was voyaging to find an ancient map. True False
Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy. True False
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