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AMPERAGE VESPUCCI was
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SOUTH AMERICA to
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an ITALIAN NAVIGATOR who
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well beyond the mouth
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was born at FLORENCE,
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of the Amazon. He gave
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March 9, 1451
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names like "Gulf of the
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(FOURTEEN FIFTY ONE).
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GANGES," and other
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He was the third son of
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Asian place-names he
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SER NASTAGIO who was
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knew about, to the things
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a NOTARY of Florencei
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he saw. He also made
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and his mother's name
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significant improvements
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was LISABETTA . Vespucci
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in NAVIGATIONAL techniques.
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received some of his
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During this trip he predicted
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first EDUCATION from
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the earth's CIRCUMFERENCE
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his uncle Giorgio Antonio,
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to within 50 miles. On
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a PHILOSOPHER who
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May 16, 1499, Vespucci
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was a teacher of the
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sailed from CADIZ on
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greater part of the
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his second voyage. He
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Florentine nobility.
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directed his course to
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Amerigo studied
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Cape Verde, crossed
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LITERATURE, which
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the Equator, and saw
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included the LATIN
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land, on the coast of
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language. Evidence
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BRAZIL. He followed the
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of this is shown in a
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coast of South America
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letter he wrote to his
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down to within 400 miles
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FATHER in this language
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of Tierra del Fuego. He
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giving an account of
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returned to Spain in
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his studies. Amerigo
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September, 1500. Amerigo
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also devoted himself
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made three more
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to the study of PHYSICS,
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voyages in 1501, 1503
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GEOMETRY, ASTRONOMY,
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and 1505. An obscure
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and COSMOGRAPHY .
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GERMAN clergyman and
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After the death of his
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amateur geographer
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father, Amerigo was
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named WALDSEEMULLER
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employed by the
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gave the name to the
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MEDICIS, a family under
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new found land. He
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COSIMO DE MEDICI, a
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was a member of a
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wealthy BANKER who
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little LITERARY club
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were given control of
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that published an
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certian parts of the
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introduction to cosmology
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country. They sent
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in 1507. In it he wrote
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him to look after their
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of the new land mass
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SHIP-OUTFITTING
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that Vespucci had
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business, which operated
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explored:
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out of Seville, about
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"I see no reason why
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the time Columbus made
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anyone should justly
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his first voyage. Vespucci
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object to calling this
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finally prepared his
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part ... AMERICA, after
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own VOYAGE in quest
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Amerigo [Vespucci],
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of the passage to the
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its discoverer, a man
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INDIAN subcontinent
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of great ability. Amerigo
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that had eluded Columbus.
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Vespucci married MARIA
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He sailed in 1499 -- SEVEN
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CEREZO, who later died
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years after Columbus
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in 1524 having no CHILDREN.
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first landed in the
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Amerigo died at Seville,
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West Indies. During his
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February 22, 1512
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first voyage he explored
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(FIFTEEN TWELVE).
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the northern coast of
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