Amerigo Vespucci

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Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512)

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C.R. Markham (1894) "Introduction", in The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and other documents illustrative of his career. Source: Internet

Europeans first learned of Aruba following the explorations for Spain by Amerigo Vespucci and Alonso de Ojeda in the summer of 1499. Source: Internet

Explorer Amerigo Vespucci seems to have observed not only the Southern Cross but also the neighboring Coalsack Nebula on his second voyage in 1501–02. Source: Internet

General Velasquez and sections of the Pan-American Highway through the town were converted into the Central Freeway, while Amerigo Vespucci gave way to the Vespucio Norte Express and Vespucio Sur highway Vespucio Oriente future. Source: Internet

July Italian tall ship Amerigo Vespucci in New York Harbor during the United States Bicentennial celebration. Source: Internet

Samantha Smith sends Yuri Andropov a letter, America is labeled on a map by Amerigo Vespucci, the Hubble Space Telescope launches with the Discovery space shuttle, and Georgia scraps the Dixie flag in This Day in History video. Source: Internet

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