Amerigo Vespucci
Published on Nov 23, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
WHERE AND WHAT WERE HIS VOYAGES?
- 1497 possible first voyage to the new world, reaching the Gulf Of Mexico and Brazil.
- 1499 verified voyage for Spain. Reaches the coast of Guyana (and perhaps Brazil)
- Sails into the Amazon River, and visits Aruba, Curaçao, Trinidad, and the Bahamas.
WHERE DID HE TRAVEL?
- To the Americas
- Brazil
- South America.
- Amazon River
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How many voyages did he go on?
He went on 4 voyages, finding the "Americas" and Rio De Janeiro
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HOW MANY SHIPS/CREW MEMBERS DID HE HAVE?
- On his trip to "The New World" he was in charge of 2 of the 5 ships.
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WHAT HARDSHIPS DID HE GO THROUGH?
- On his journeys he faced illness, he died of Malaria
- Just being on a ship for that long is also a hardship
Causes of his journey:
•To prove Columbus wrong, that he didn't actually find India
•He was funded by the Spanish Monarchy
•The renaissance was a base to traveling
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Effects of his journey:
•He proved that it wasn't India but the New World
•The American continents were named after him
•Finding rio de Janeiro
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Why was America named after him?
America was named after him because Columbus thought that the Americas was India. He proved him wrong and it was maned after the female version of "Amerigo" to "Americas"
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Did he have a wife and/or kids?
He had a wife, and was married to her. But he did not have any kids. But he had two siblings.
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What was his early life like?
Amerigo Vespucci was born on March 9, 1454, in Florence, Italy. As a young man, he was loved books and maps. The Vespuccis were friends with the powerful Medicis, who ruled Italy for more than 300 years. After being educated by his uncle, Vespucci himself worked for the Medicis as a banker and later supervisor of their ship-outfitting business, which operated in Seville, Spain. He moved to Spain in 1492.
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BILIOGRAPHY
- HTTP://WWW.LIVESCIENCE.COM/42510-AMERIGO-VESPUCCI.HTML
- http://www.biography.com/people/amerigo-vespucci-9517978#synopsis
- Amerigo Vespucci Italian Explorer of the Americas by Kurt Ray
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