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Amigo Vespucci. By Nicolas Lynch. Date of birth. March 9 1451 Born in Florence, Italy. family. Father was seer nostalgia Wife was Maria Cerezo Another relative was Guido Antonio Vespucci. education.
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Amigo Vespucci By Nicolas Lynch
Date of birth • March 9 1451 • Born in Florence, Italy
family • Father was seer nostalgia • Wife was Maria Cerezo • Another relative was Guido Antonio Vespucci
education • In 4178 he started working for Guido Antonio Vespucci at the embassy in Paris Guido was a relative and an ambassador of FlorancetoKing Louise 11 to France
Major exploration accomplishments • His first, voyage was in 1497 he reached the coast of America which was assumed to be Asia . On may 16 ,1499 he went on his second voyage from Cape Verde. Accompanied by Alonzo de Ojeda as the fleet commander on the voyage they ventured south past the equator of Guyana and discovered St. Augustineand the amazon river led by the Portugueseexplorer GiancarloCoelnoand he made 3 other voyages
How accomplishments changed the world • In 1538, GeradusMecatoracreated a world map which became the first map to include north and south America making the name America Eonian
death • Died on February 22, 1512 in Seville Spain after contracting malaria