John Cabot M C T E Q X T I C I D E M E D O M I S O C F U Q U S M I A S R I N D I A N V G D Q N V R H M R P B S P F Z R E J K U Q C N H F O P D I O D A W Q L H W M M W V C X I N O T A R Y E Y Z I V I A M Y F K I A T Y B C U R T F M A A N L G A B X R T I P V B J L F O U G I M U G G W Y C R I X G W N O A S E W U A O I X C H W F A T H E R S I E T E O G T C C R J U W S A E K Y F E N A M R E G F R T A N C A U N A Y J C O M V R Q T R G R V H Y L W F E I L F G D Z G O S O P C S S W P E J C I K O Z E G T M L L I E Y E N O Z H T A U H E N E Z E R E T S T G S A L V F T V T V Z E Z W F R C C J V E N D P I S E Q I M A Y A E J J S R G Z E U Y E V N L M O F H R U S V Z N M L S L E E S O L B U O R C D U E T Y N Y A H L G N O V P V K A X L N G U K E A W F U W A T B S A E U A N W U B T F U E O S E I T G R O Z S T E F N I C V I O K C W S M V A Z U W L F L P E T R T N O I O C R L R Y C H E E L G E O R M Y I S A T T R I E S F H S A T S I E S X S L R I Q J H F G C A I T E M E I N M T S B S V N C E V E G Q S Z I D A C A L O K N T C E I A D G D V T G C C E E X O V R Z G M G S Q N U F O E L O R H M K N O A O F J T Y R I I R Z Z L Z A M I A T B Z O L Z A N I M Q J V X V W A L T P Q V K B W F B R A Z I L G M R E H S F A S P A Z M E D I C I S D Z T U B U W N Z A T M R N C H P S A X J C H I L D R E N K O O B A H M R F P D Y A C I R E M A H T U O S X J C C F X W P K Y F AMPERAGE VESPUCCI was the Equator, and saw an ITALIAN NAVIGATOR who land, on the coast of was born at FLORENCE, BRAZIL. He followed the March 9, 1451 coast of South America (FOURTEEN FIFTY ONE). down to within 400 miles He was the third son of of Tierra del Fuego. He SER NASTAGIO who was returned to Spain in a NOTARY of Florencei September, 1500. Amerigo and his mother's name made three more was LISABETTA . Vespucci voyages in 1501, 1503 received some of his and 1505. An obscure first EDUCATION from GERMAN clergyman and his uncle Giorgio Antonio, amateur geographer a PHILOSOPHER who named WALDSEEMULLER was a teacher of the gave the name to the greater part of the new found land. He Florentine nobility. was a member of a Amerigo studied little LITERARY club LITERATURE, which that published an included the LATIN introduction to cosmology language. Evidence in 1507. In it he wrote of this is shown in a of the new land mass letter he wrote to his that Vespucci had FATHER in this language explored: giving an account of "I see no reason why his studies. Amerigo anyone should justly also devoted himself object to calling this to the study of PHYSICS, part ... AMERICA, after GEOMETRY, ASTRONOMY, Amerigo [Vespucci], and COSMOGRAPHY . its discoverer, a man After the death of his of great ability. Amerigo father, Amerigo was Vespucci married MARIA employed by the CEREZO, who later died MEDICIS, a family under in 1524 having no CHILDREN. COSIMO DE MEDICI, a Amerigo died at Seville, wealthy BANKER who February 22, 1512 were given control of (FIFTEEN TWELVE). certian parts of the country. They sent *AMPERAGE VESPUCCI him to look after their *ITALIAN NAVIGATOR SHIP-OUTFITTING *FLORENCE business, which operated *FOURTEEN FIFTY ONE out of Seville, about *SER NASTAGIO the time Columbus made *NOTARY his first voyage. Vespucci *LISABETTA finally prepared his *EDUCATION own VOYAGE in quest *PHILOSOPHER of the passage to the *LITERATURE INDIAN subcontinent *LATIN that had eluded Columbus. *FATHER He sailed in 1499 -- SEVEN *PHYSICS years after Columbus *GEOMETRY first landed in the *ASTRONOMY West Indies. During his *COSMOGRAPHY first voyage he explored *MEDICIS the northern coast of *COSIMO DE MEDICI SOUTH AMERICA to *BANKER well beyond the mouth *SHIP OUTFITTING of the Amazon. He gave *VOYAGE names like "Gulf of the *INDIAN GANGES," and other *SEVEN Asian place-names he *SOUTH AMERICA knew about, to the things *GANGES he saw. He also made *NAVIGATIONAL significant improvements *CIRCUMFERENCE in NAVIGATIONAL techniques. *CADIZ During this trip he predicted *BRAZIL the earth's CIRCUMFERENCE *GERMAN to within 50 miles. On *WALDSEEMULLER May 16, 1499, Vespucci *LITERARY sailed from CADIZ on *AMERICA his second voyage. He *MARIA CEREZO directed his course to *CHILDREN Cape Verde, crossed *FIFTEEN TWELVE Learning With Puzzles™All Rights Reserved