Amerigo Vespucci
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Amerigo Vespucci | |
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 Posthumous portrait in the Giovio Series at the Uffizi in Florence, attributed to Cristofano dell'Altissimo | |
| Born | March 9, 1454 Florence, Republic of Florence (Italy) |
| Died | February 22, 1512 (aged 57) Seville, Crown of Castile (Spain) |
| Other names | Américo Vespucio (Spanish) Americus Vespucius (Latin) Américo Vespúcio (Portuguese) Alberigo Vespucci |
| Occupation | Merchant, explorer, cartographer |
| Known for | Demonstrating to Europeans that the New World was not Asia but a previously-unknown fourth continent
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