AMERIGO VESPUCCI

FLORENCE, ITALY

LEFT FOR HIS FIRST JOURNEY IN 1497

VESPUCCI TRAVELED TO THE SOUTHERN COAST OF BRAZIL AND SOUTH AMERICA

REASONS WHY HE TRAVELED?

• He wanted to discover the "new world".
• He studied navigation as a youth
• There for he became connected with a company that equipped ships for long trips

LASTING IMPACTS OR ACHIEVEMENTS

• He served as an agency chief navigator from 1508-1512
• America was named after him (amerigo vespucci)

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT VESPUCCI

• Vespucci published a book about his travels.
• He became a spanish citizen in 1505
• Vespucci died of malaria in 1512