Amerigo Vespucci is one of the famous European explorers born on March 9, 1451 in Florence, Italy. He was born of an extremely successful family, friendly and is well mannered. Vespucci’s father is Nastagio Vespucci. Their family is extremely successful and influential to the whole town. They were Florentine silk professional traders and they have reigned over the whole Italy from the year 1940 to 1730. As a part of the notable family, Vespucci had a great education that is in charged by his uncle, Antonio Vespucci. Just in time when he graduated and was brave and of sufficient age, he had seen the very first expedition of Christopher Columbus. Right at that time when Vespucci decided that he too sought to be one of the famous explorers.
When Vespucci was in the age of twenty-four, he together with his company traveled to France. His father had always wanted for him to engage into the business world, so Vespucci decides to become involved into business. He had his business in a bank in Florence and after that accompanied by a joint venture with Gianetto Berardi in Seville, Spain, Berardi who also happened to be a Florentine just like Vespucci. But their joint venture didn’t lasted quite long because Berardi died in the end of the year 1945.
After his business venture with Berardi ended, he met and talked to Christopher Columbus regarding expeditions. Columbus’ had exposed that he had long been to the borders of Asia. With great shock and a bit left with a question mark on his head that Columbus’ really did went there, Vespucci challenged himself to make a expedition and check out Asia by himself, with his own naked eye.
In the year 1949, Vespucci becomes a member of an expedition with Alonso de Ojeda. He'd chosen to get along with him since he knows that Ojeda is already a veteran in the fields of expeditions and the man was at Columbus’ 2nd expedition. Their journey includes 4 ships that have been attended with excellent cartographers and cosmographer like Juan de la Cosa, who once became part of expeditions of Columbus. They'd sailed far and had journeyed mostly to the whole of South USA. They have found valuable stones like emeralds, pearl and gold. They found a peaceful land that they called “Venezuela” which is from the word “little Venice”.
Years following the expedition, Vespucci again became a member of another expedition. He joined with the journey of King Manuel heading to Brazil. They had located some important places like Rio de Plata and Guanabara Bay or now called Rio de Janeiro.
America was named and had been globally accepted in honor of Amerigo Vespucci who had been the one who located it. It was done and recommended by Martinus Ilacomilus , one of the writer of the popular book entitled “Cosmographiae introducto” meaning Introduction to Cosmography.
Vespucci spent the final years of his life teaching pilots. He stayed as a pilot trainer until he died on February 22, 1512 in Seville, Spain.
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