Amerigo Vespucci
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Between 1497 and 1504, Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery, first on behalf of Spain (1499 - 1500) and then for Portugal (1501 - 1502). In 1503 and 1505, two booklets were published under his name, containing colourful descriptions of these explorations and other alleged voyages. Both publications were extremely popular and widely read across much of Europe. Although historians still dispute the authorship and veracity of these accounts, at the time they were instrumental in raising awareness of the new discoveries and enhancing the reputation of Vespucci as an explorer and navigator.
Vespucci claimed to have understood, back in 1501 during his Portuguese expedition, that Brazil was part of a fourth continent unknown to Europeans, which he called the "New World". The claim inspired cartographer Martin Waldseemüller to recognize Vespucci's accomplishments in 1507 by applying the Latinized form "America" for the first time to a map showing the New World. Other cartographers followed suit, and by 1538 the name America was permanently affixed to the newly discovered continents.
It is unknown whether Vespucci was ever aware of these honours. In 1505, he was made a subject of Castile by royal decree and in 1508, he was appointed to the newly created position of ''piloto mayor'' (master navigator) for Spain's ''Casa de Contratación'' (House of Trade) in Seville, a post he held until his death in 1512. Provided by Wikipedia
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Lettera di Amerigo Vespucci delle isole nuovamente trovate in quattro suoi viaggi <1504> Reproduced in facsimile from the McCormick-Hoe copy in the Princeton university library. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Américo Vespucio. : El nuevo mundo; cartas relativas a sus viajes y descubrimientos by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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The letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Letter to Piero Soderini, gonfaloniere. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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The letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Account of his third voyage : from his letter to Pier Soderini, Gonfalonier of the Republic of Florence. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Be [i.e. de] ora antarctica per regem Portugallie pridem inuenta. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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The first four voyages of Amerigo Vespucci reprinted in facsimile and tr. from the rare original edition. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Mundus Nouus. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Mundus novus. : Letter to Lorenzo Pietro di Medici. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Letters from a new world : Amerigo Vespucci's discovery of America by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Be [i.e. de] ora antarctica per regem Portugallie pridem inuenta. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Account of his first voyage : letter to Pier Soderini, Gonfalonier of the republic of Florence [15--]. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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The voyage from Lisbon to India, 1505-6; being an account and journal by Albeticus Vespuccius translated from the contemporary Flemish, by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Vita e lettere di Amerigo Vespucci. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Viajes de Américo Vespucio ; con un mapa. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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The letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Be ora antarctica per regem portugallie pridem inuenta. by Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512
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Cosmographiae introdvctio cvm qvibvsdam geometriae ac astronomiae principiis ad eam rem necessariis Insuper quattuor Americi Vespucij nauigationes by Waldseemüller, Martin, 1470-1519
[Deodate], [G. Lud], 1507Other Authors: “…Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512…”
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Paesi nouamente retrovati & Novo mondo da Alberico Vesputio Florentino intitulato <1508>. by Fracanzano, da Montalboddo, active 1507-1522
Princeton : Princeton university press; [etc., etc.], 1916Other Authors: “…Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512…”
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