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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.
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.
Amerigo Vespucci's Letter from Seville (18 July 1500), written to his patron Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici, describes experiences on Alonso de Ojeda's May 1499 voyage. Vespucci's findings during the Age of Discovery led Spain people to believe that North and South America were not connected to Asia , which was a common belief at the time ...
Juan Díaz de Solís (c. 1470–1516), [5] Portuguese or Spanish navigator and explorer, appointed in 1512 following the death of Vespucci [6] Sebastian Cabot [ 3 ] : 321 [ 7 ] (c. 1474–c. 1557), Venetian explorer, Pilot Major of Spain from 5 February 1518 to 25 October 1525, succeeding Díaz de Solís, [ 5 ] and again from 1533 to 1547 [ 3 ...
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:
Later, it was called America after Amerigo Vespucci, a trader working for Portugal. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Portugal quickly claimed those lands under the terms of the Treaty of Alcáçovas , but Castile was able to persuade the Pope, who was Castilian, to issue four papal bulls to divide the world into two regions of exploration, where each kingdom had ...
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]
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 ...