Amerigo Vespucci

explorer, Amerigo Vespucci. His travels are not well known compared to Columbus, but they were more integral to the discovering of America. Vespucci writes a letter to Pier Soderini, Gonfalonier of the Republic of Florence, depicting his travels to the New World on his first of four voyages. The letter describes the encounters with the natives as well as the different types of animals they saw. Involvements in battles and celebrations throughout his exploration of the coastal area that Vespucci…

who traveled to this new found land. In “Mundus Novus” Amerigo Vespucci describes the Native Americans as “gentle and amenable (503).” Vespucci thought it was strange that they did not wear clothing, “both of the sexes go about naked, covering no parts of their bodies; and just as they spring from their mothers’ wombs so they go until death (503).” Native Americans did not live with religion, “they lived according to nature (504),” Vespucci and his people did not see them as civilized people,…

Amerigo Vespucci was the first to recognize that the land Christopher Columbus claimed to be Asia, was not actually Asia, but in fact, a “New World” later to be named after Amerigo, himself. Born in the fifteenth century, Vespucci was well educated and especially fond of cartography. Although born and raised in Italy, he lived for many years in Spain and held many different jobs before he embarked on his first journey. Vespucci set sail a total of four times, each voyage bringing its unique…

these ancient texts of discovery would go on centuries later to influence famous figures of the Age of Exploration, among them Amerigo Vespucci. Upon a closer examination of the textual relationship between Vespucci and one classical author, Herodotus, one finds that while both Herodotus and Vespucci claim the edge of the world as a marvelous…

Jan Van Der Straet’s allegory “Discovery of America: Vespucci Landing in America” embodies the visualization of such European ideology and thereby attempts to lure early explorers and colonizers with enticing imagery, promising virgin land and bountiful natural wealth. In the illustration, Van Der Straet…

ll. He also took part in early English voyages to Africa to be involved in the slave trades. 16. Amerigo Vespucci The merchant, Amerigo Vespucci, was born in Italy, but became a Spanish explorer when voyaging to the New World. Early records of Vespucci’s explorations spread throughout Europe and are now believed to have been forgeries. A German cartographer created a new map. In honor of Vespucci, the cartographer named a territory South America. This was the first time that the word “America”…

discussions at Bruges are stalled. Peter then introduces the cryptic character Raphael Hythloday that becomes a main focal point throughout Sir Thomas More’s Utopia. Apparently, Raphael joined the last three of the four voyages made by the famed Amerigo Vespucci to the New World. Raphael was keen to explore the world and was described by Peter to be like “Ulysses, or rather Plato”, one characterized by learning from travels and the other traveling to learn, respectively. In the last voyage,…

Michelle Magie Professor Leahey US History September 25, 2017 1492- Christopher Columbus first voyage Christopher Columbus first voyage began on August 3, 1492. He was given three ships, the Nina, the Pinta, and the flagship Santa Maria. He convinced Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain to support him. I believe this is an important date to put in the timeline because it was the start of Christopher Columbus in finding the Americas. Christopher Columbus is thought to be the man who…

As Western Europe, Africa, and the Americas began forming contacts with each other, social and economic transformations occurred all throughout the Atlantic world in 1492 to 1750. Most of these social interactions began when Italian explorer Christopher Columbus tried to reach India going west but instead is credited for opening up the Americas for European colonization. Columbus unknowingly arrived in the New World, and the implications were profound for both the Natives and the Europeans.…

from “Amerigo Vespucci a text by Encyclopedia Britannica. The author maintains that “The Americas are named after the merchant, navigator and explorer Amerigo Vespucci… Vespucci and scholars first realized that the Americas were indeed a ‘New World’ and not part of Asia as Columbus had taught. This research attempts to prove that without Vespucci there would be a missing piece in Columbus's findings. Columbus had thought that the new world was apart of Asia and not a new world; so if Amerigo had…