Amerigo Vespuchi was a navigator, financier, cartographer and an Italian explorer.
He demonstrated first that west Indies and Brazil was not Asia,s eastern outskirts.
This is referred to the new world. This continent named as his first name America's and it is derived from Latin word.
His life- He was born on 9 march in 1454 in Italy ( Florence). By his uncle he was educated . In between 1499 and 1502 , he explored several voyages , the east coast of south America. He was voyages to America four times and his first visit to America was in 1497. There were four ships of Amerigo , such as Repertaga, the Sun Antiago, the Girmand, Wegiz. His wife name was Maria Cerezo. He became a Spanish citizen. By Ferdinand II of Aragon , he was honoured as a pilot major on march 22 in1508.
He was open a school House of Trade in Spain for navigators.
On February ,1512 he died at his home in Seville Spain. After his death , his wife Maria Cerezo got lifetime pension per annum about ten thousand marvedis.
He demonstrated first that west Indies and Brazil was not Asia,s eastern outskirts.
This is referred to the new world. This continent named as his first name America's and it is derived from Latin word.
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| Amerigo Vespuchi |
His life- He was born on 9 march in 1454 in Italy ( Florence). By his uncle he was educated . In between 1499 and 1502 , he explored several voyages , the east coast of south America. He was voyages to America four times and his first visit to America was in 1497. There were four ships of Amerigo , such as Repertaga, the Sun Antiago, the Girmand, Wegiz. His wife name was Maria Cerezo. He became a Spanish citizen. By Ferdinand II of Aragon , he was honoured as a pilot major on march 22 in1508.
He was open a school House of Trade in Spain for navigators.
On February ,1512 he died at his home in Seville Spain. After his death , his wife Maria Cerezo got lifetime pension per annum about ten thousand marvedis.
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| Amerigo Vespuchi |
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| Amerigo Vespuchi |
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