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Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci
Statue outside the Uffizi, Florence.
Personal information
Birth dateMarch 9, 1454
Place of birthFlorence, Republic of Florence, in present-day Italy
Date of deathFebruary 22, 1512(age 57)
Death placeSeville, Crown of Castile, in present-day Spain
NationalityItalian, Florentine
Other namesAmérico Vespucio [es]
Americus Vespucius [la]
Alberigo Vespucci
OccupationMerchant, Explorer, Cartographer
Known forDemonstrating that the New World was not Asia but a previously-unknown fourth continent. 

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Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 - February 22, 1512) was an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer. The Americas are generally believed to have derived their name from the feminized Latin version of his first name.


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