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Amerigo Vespucci

his birth

His birth

He was born in march 9th 1454 and was educated very well by his uncle

Giorgio Antonio and his dad was a notary in the Florence government most explorers need to know someone

with lots of money to get ships and food along with travel alliances

principal voyage

He began his voyage on may 18th 1499 it is unsure how many ships

were in the fleet. it is believed there were 2 to 4 ships.The captain of the expedition was Alonso Ojeda.

Juan de la Cosa was a pilot. At one

point some of vespuccis men tried

kidnapping some female natives to take to Spain but the native males fought them off.

principal voyage

ship names

Vespucci had four ships their names were:

  • san antiago
  • repertaga
  • wegiz
  • germand

this is a ship from the fleet

Pictures

Quick facts

quick facts

when Vespuccis expedition landed in Guiana the expedition split into two groups. there are several reasons Vespucci is remembered one

is that he explored the mouth of the amazon river there are many more.

death

die vespucci

he died February 22nd 1512

he was in charge of the spanish

crown`s growing collection of maps and atlases. vespucci was killed with repeated malaria in Seville

at age of 58

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