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Amerigo Vespucci (/ v ɛ ˈ s p uː tʃ i / vesp-OO-chee, [1] Italian: [ameˈriːɡo veˈsputtʃi]; 9 March 1454 – 22 February 1512) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence for whom "America" is named.
In his letter, Vespucci showed respect by mentioning the fact that the indigenous people only ate enemies and slaves, and never ate women. Some indigenous tribes reacted to the presence of explorers differently than others. Some tribes showed affection by providing food and giving gifts, whereas others were more fearful and hostile.
Matthias Ringmann (19th-century painting) Matthias Ringmann (1482–1511), also known as Philesius Vogesigena, was an Alsatian German humanist scholar and cosmographer.Along with cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, he is credited with the first documented usage of the word America, on the 1507 map Universalis Cosmographia in honour of the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, coming from the Old ...
Under auxiliary diesel-electric propulsion the Amerigo Vespucci can reach 10 knots (19 km/h) and has a range of 5450 nm at 6.5 knots. The Amerigo Vespucci in the harbor of Oslo, 2005. Akershus Fortress in the background. The Amerigo Vespucci, after the modernization works, in the harbor of La Rochelle, 2018.
Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo), Italian explorer who opened the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer from whose name the term "America" is derived [1] This is list of Italian [2] explorers and navigators (Italian: esploratori) in alphabetical order:
His collaborator Matthias Ringmann and he are credited with the first recorded usage of the word America to name a portion of the New World in honour of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, coming from the Old High German name Emmerich, in a world map they delineated in 1507. Waldseemüller was also the first to map South America as a continent ...
[2] 1499 – Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci explores the mouth of the Amazon River and reaches 6°S latitude, in present-day northern Brazil. [8] 1499 – João Fernandes Lavrador, together with Pêro de Barcelos, sight Labrador. [9] 1499 – Gaspar and Miguel Corte-Real reach and map Greenland. [10]
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