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  • NAME: Amerigo Vespucci
  • OCCUPATION: Explorer
  • BIRTH DATE: c. 1454
  • DEATH DATE: c. 1512
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Florence, Italy
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Sevilla, Spain
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Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, cartographer and contemporary of Columbus. The name for the Americas was derived from a variation on his name.


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Amerigo Vespucci was born around 1454 in Florence, Italy. He was a merchant and explorer who took part in early voyages to the New World. The name for the Americas was derived from his given name. Controversy remains around some of Vespucci's claims and credits but he is still a key contributor to the early travel literature of the New World. He died in 1512 in Seville, Spain.

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