Amerigo Vespucci[b] (9 March 1454 – 22 February 1512) was an Italian explorer, navigator and popular author from the Republic of Florence after whom America is named.

Jan 1, 2026 · Amerigo Vespucci, merchant and explorer-navigator who took part in early voyages to the New World (1499–1500 and 1501–02) and occupied the influential post of piloto mayor (‘master …

Jul 31, 2023 · Amerigo Vespucci was a 16th-century Italian merchant and explorer remembered not only for his voyages that altered the course of history but for bestowing the New World with the name …

Aug 2, 2023 · On May 10, 1497, explorer Amerigo Vespucci embarked on his first voyage. On his third and most successful voyage, he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata. …

Dec 31, 2025 · Learn about Amerigo Vespucci, the renowned Italian explorer. Discover his voyages, contributions to cartography, and how America got its name from him.

Vespucci's first voyage was a defining moment in his realization that new information acquired in exploration could be used to correct and expand the theories previously stated by philosophers and …

An expeditor and entrepreneur whose yearning for adventure may have been inspired by Christopher Columbus, Vespucci became enamored of the idea of exploration. On the eve of the 16th century, he …

Simonetta Vespucci (née Cattaneo; c. 1453 – 26 April 1476), nicknamed la bella Simonetta ("the fair Simonetta"), was an Italian noblewoman from Genoa, the wife of Marco Vespucci of Florence and …

Vespucci wrote a detailed letter to his friend Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de Medici describing his trip, the natives, and geography of the places he had visited. He also first describes a very large river that we …

Amerigo Vespucci (9 March 1451 [1] - 22 February 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. He was the first person to explain that the places discovered by Christopher Columbus …