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Kaimana Kua

Mrs. Ross

20 October 2011

                                       Amerigo Vespucci

       Amerigo Vespucci is a name that most people don’t know. In fact, the American

continent is named after him. He was an Italian explorer born in Florence, Italy in 1454.

Amerigo Vespucci is credited for being the man to recognize the “New World” as an entirely

new continent.

       Amerigo Vespucci did not face many obstacles in relation to his voyages. He came from

a wealthy family and knew many high ranking people in the community. At the age of twenty

five he was employed by a famous Italian family who sent him as a representative to meet with

the King of France. In fact, he helped prepare the ships for Columbus’s second and third

expeditions in Seville, Spain.

       Vespucci’s first voyage consisted of four ships under the command of Alonso de Ojeda

of Spain. The ships set sail in May of 1499. During this voyage of thirteen months he discovered

the mouth of the Amazon River and saw Cape St. Augustine. On his way back to Spain he

reached Trinidad; saw the mouth of the Orinoco River, and then Haiti. Vespucci thought he

sailed along the coast of the very eastern portion of the peninsula of Asia. When he returned to

Spain he was eager to set sail on another voyage to reach the Indian Ocean, the gulf of the

Ganges, and the island of Taprobane.

       Amerigo set sail under the service of Portugal on May 13, 1501. It was during this

voyage that he became convinced that Columbus’s newly discovered lands were not part of Asia.
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They were indeed a “New World.” Additionally, through his voyages, Vespucci figured out a

way to measure the earth’s equatorial circumference and was only off by fifty miles.

       In 1507, a German clergyman and geographer named Martin Waldseemuller published

the first map that used the name America for the “New World.” This would forever change the

history of the world. It is said that Columbus discovered the “New World,” but Vespucci was the

man who recognized that it was a “New World.”

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Amerigo vespucci

  • 1. Kua 1 Kaimana Kua Mrs. Ross 20 October 2011 Amerigo Vespucci Amerigo Vespucci is a name that most people don’t know. In fact, the American continent is named after him. He was an Italian explorer born in Florence, Italy in 1454. Amerigo Vespucci is credited for being the man to recognize the “New World” as an entirely new continent. Amerigo Vespucci did not face many obstacles in relation to his voyages. He came from a wealthy family and knew many high ranking people in the community. At the age of twenty five he was employed by a famous Italian family who sent him as a representative to meet with the King of France. In fact, he helped prepare the ships for Columbus’s second and third expeditions in Seville, Spain. Vespucci’s first voyage consisted of four ships under the command of Alonso de Ojeda of Spain. The ships set sail in May of 1499. During this voyage of thirteen months he discovered the mouth of the Amazon River and saw Cape St. Augustine. On his way back to Spain he reached Trinidad; saw the mouth of the Orinoco River, and then Haiti. Vespucci thought he sailed along the coast of the very eastern portion of the peninsula of Asia. When he returned to Spain he was eager to set sail on another voyage to reach the Indian Ocean, the gulf of the Ganges, and the island of Taprobane. Amerigo set sail under the service of Portugal on May 13, 1501. It was during this voyage that he became convinced that Columbus’s newly discovered lands were not part of Asia.
  • 2. Kua 2 They were indeed a “New World.” Additionally, through his voyages, Vespucci figured out a way to measure the earth’s equatorial circumference and was only off by fifty miles. In 1507, a German clergyman and geographer named Martin Waldseemuller published the first map that used the name America for the “New World.” This would forever change the history of the world. It is said that Columbus discovered the “New World,” but Vespucci was the man who recognized that it was a “New World.”