Amerigo Vespucci
Statue outside the Uffizi, Florence.
Born March 9, 1454
Florence, Republic of Florence, in present-day Italy
Died February 22, 1512
Seville, Crown of Castile, in present-day Spain
Nationality Italian
Other names Américo Vespucio [es]
Americus Vespucius [la]
Américo Vespúcio [pt]
Alberigo Vespucci
Occupation Merchant, Explorer, Cartographer
Known for Demonstrating that the New Worldwas not Asia but a previously unknown fourth continent.[a]
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Amerigo Vespucci (Italian pronunciation: [ameˈriːɡo vesˈputtʃi]; March 9, 1454 – February 22, 1512) was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indiesdid not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to Afro-Eurasians. Colloquially referred to as the New World, this second super continent came to be termed "America", deriving its name from Americus, the Latin version of Vespucci's first name.
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