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Amerigo Vespucci's life journey

Mainland

Cape Verde

West Indies

Azores

Brazil

Guayana

Florence / Italy

Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence and from Florence he moved to Spain.

Florence

Born March 9

1454

Amerigo Vespucci got educated by his uncle and later his dad told him to work in a business. When Amerigo was 24 he started to work in a business in Florence.

Amerigo Vespucci moved from Florence to Spain.

Seville / Spain

Spain

When Amerigo Vespucci moved to Spain he worked in a banking business and another business. From Spain he started all his voyages. He also became an explorer.

Amerigo Vespucci's second job was in Spain as a banker

Amerigo Vespucci became an explorer because he did not get much money as a banker and he wanted to see the world in 1497. He was in his 40th when he became an explorer.

From Spain Amerigo Vespucci went on his journey to explore. He went with a spanish sailboat. On May 10 1497

West Indies

Amerigo Vespucci's first destination of his first exploration was West indie.

Mainland

Amerigo Vespucci took 5 weeks sailing from the west indies to Mainland

Seville / Spain

Spain

From Mainland he traveled back to Cadiz/Spain. There he finished his first exploration. In 1498. He started his 2 exploration in 1499 starting in Cadiz.

Guayana

Guayana was Amerigo Vespucci first destination of his second exploration. On his second journey he discovered the amazon river and cape St.Augustine.

Cadiz / Spain

From Guayana he traveled back to Cadiz Spain. And from there he started his 3 and most successful discovery.

Spain

Cape Verde

Cape Verde was the first destination of Amerigo Vespucci's 3 discovery.

Cape Sao Roque

Amerigo Vespucci and Andre Goncalves where the first ones who officially visited Cape Sao Roque.

Cape Sao Roque

Rio de la plata

Amerigo Vespucci traveled to Brasil / Rio de Janero he also went to Rio de la Plata. Believing that he found a new continent which he named

"South America the new world".

In 1507 America was named after Amerigo Vespucci.

Rio de la plata

Azores

On the way back to Spain from his journey to Brazil Amerigo Vespucci stopped in Azores and from there he wrote a letter to Florence that he discovered a new continent ( he was believing that he found a new continent ). In the letter he called South America a new world.

Seville / Spain

Spain

When Amerigo Vespucci came back to Spain from his 3 voyage he decided to go on one last voyage. He went one more time to Brazil.

Brazil

Brazil was the place where Amerigo Vespucci went for his last/4th voyage.

Seville / Spain

Spain

Seville Spain was the last place where Amerigo Vespucci was before he died.

Death Day

22 Feburary 1512

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