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Amerigo Vespucci

1454 - 1512

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Amerigo Vespucci ( vesp-OO-chee, Italian: [ameˈriːɡo veˈsputtʃi]; 9 March 1454 – 22 February 1512) was an Italian explorer, navigator and popular author from the Republic of Florence for whom "America" is named. Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery between 1497 and 1504, first on behalf of Spain (1499–1500) and then for Portugal (1501–1502). In 1503 and 1505, two booklets were published under his name containing colourful descriptions of these explorations and other voyages. Both publications were extremely popular and widely read throughout much of Europe. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amerigo Vespucci is the 6th most popular explorer (down from 5th in 2019), the 37th most popular biography from Italy (down from 24th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Explorer.

Amerigo Vespucci is most famous for being the first person to realize that the continents of South America and North America were not connected, but were in fact two separate continents.

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Among EXPLORERS

Among explorers, Amerigo Vespucci ranks 6 out of 498. Before him are Marco Polo, Christopher Columbus, Ferdinand Magellan, Vasco da Gama, and Leif Erikson. After him are Hernán Cortés, Ibn Battuta, Roald Amundsen, Bartolomeu Dias, Prince Henry the Navigator, and Zheng He.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1454, Amerigo Vespucci ranks 1. After him are Pinturicchio, Catherine Cornaro, Poliziano, Joanna of Aragon, Queen of Naples, and Bogislaw X, Duke of Pomerania. Among people deceased in 1512, Amerigo Vespucci ranks 1. After him are Bayezid II, Gaston of Foix, Duke of Nemours, Hatuey, Alessandro Achillini, Svante Nilsson, Sophia Jagiellon, Margravine of Brandenburg-Ansbach, and Antoine Brumel.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Amerigo Vespucci ranks 37 out of 5,161. Before him are Sandro Botticelli (1445), Nero (37), Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor (1768), Ovid (-43), Pope Pius XI (1857), and Petrarch (1304). After him are Geta (189), Caligula (12), Pope Pius X (1835), Pope Clement I (40), Giovanni Boccaccio (1313), and Pope Benedict XV (1854).

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Among EXPLORERS In Italy

Among explorers born in Italy, Amerigo Vespucci ranks 3. Before him are Marco Polo (1254), and Christopher Columbus (1451). After him are John Cabot (1450), Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778), Giovanni da Verrazzano (1485), Sebastian Cabot (1484), Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza (1852), Bartholomew Columbus (1460), Alvise Cadamosto (1432), Lancelotto Malocello (1270), and Niccolò de' Conti (1395).

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