Download or read book AMERIGO VESPUCCI Discover the Man Behind the Legend written by Christopher Columbus and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2023-12-12 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to Europeans. Colloquially named the New World, this second super continent came to be known as "Americas", deriving its name from Americus, the Latin transcription of Vespucci's first name. Learn more about the man who gave his name to the new continent, read his personal letters, diaries and what his contemporaries wrote about him. Table of Contents: Biography of Amerigo Vespucci by Frederick A. Ober Life of Vespucci by Clements R. Markham Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a "Magnificent Lord" Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo Pietro F. di Medici Evidence of Alonso de Hojeda respecting his Voyage of 1499 Account of the Voyage of Hojeda, 1499-1500, by Navarrete Letter of the Admiral Christopher Columbus to his Son Letter of Vianelo to the Seigneury of Venice Letter of Naturalization in Favour of Vespucci Appointment of Amerigo Vespucci as Chief Pilot Chapters from Las Casas, which discuss the Statements of Vespucci: Evidence respecting the Voyage of Pinzon and Solis Las Casas on the Voyage of Pinzon and Solis

Download or read book AMERIGO VESPUCCI Discover the Man Behind the Legend written by Christopher Columbus and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2024-01-16 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to Europeans. Colloquially named the New World, this second super continent came to be known as "Americas", deriving its name from Americus, the Latin transcription of Vespucci's first name. Learn more about the man who gave his name to the new continent, read his personal letters, diaries and what his contemporaries wrote about him. Table of Contents: Biography of Amerigo Vespucci by Frederick A. Ober Life of Vespucci by Clements R. Markham Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a "Magnificent Lord" Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo Pietro F. di Medici Evidence of Alonso de Hojeda respecting his Voyage of 1499 Account of the Voyage of Hojeda, 1499-1500, by Navarrete Letter of the Admiral Christopher Columbus to his Son Letter of Vianelo to the Seigneury of Venice Letter of Naturalization in Favour of Vespucci Appointment of Amerigo Vespucci as Chief Pilot Chapters from Las Casas, which discuss the Statements of Vespucci: Evidence respecting the Voyage of Pinzon and Solis Las Casas on the Voyage of Pinzon and Solis

Download or read book Amerigo Vespucci written by 50MINUTES, and published by 50Minutes.com. This book was released on 2017-03-01 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Keen to learn but short on time? Get to grips with the life of Amerigo Vespucci in next to no time with this concise guide. 50Minutes.com provides a clear and engaging analysis of the life and expeditions of Amerigo Vespucci. The 15th and 16th centuries were a key period for European naval exploration. While he was not the first man to set foot on American soil, the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci was the first to realise that the landmass was a new continent, and made major contributions to navigation and cartography during the period. In just 50 minutes you will: • Understand the social, political and economic context of Vespucci’s expeditions, in particular with regard to the colonial ambitions of Spain and Portugal • Learn about Vespucci’s four expeditions to the New World and the discoveries he made • Discover the major impact Vespucci had on Europeans’ understanding of the geography of the world ABOUT 50MINUTES.COM | History & Culture 50MINUTES.COM will enable you to quickly understand the main events, people, conflicts and discoveries from world history that have shaped the world we live in today. Our publications present the key information on a wide variety of topics in a quick and accessible way that is guaranteed to save you time on your journey of discovery.

Download or read book The Life of Americus Vespucius written by Charles Edwards Lester and published by . This book was released on 1858 with total page 476 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Letters from a New World written by Amerigo Vespucci and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The letters he wrote that convinced Europeans to name the New World America (after him).

Download or read book How Florence Invented America written by Giancarlo Masini and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three Florentines-Amerigo Vespucci, Giovanni da Verazzano, and Filippo Mazzei-made indispensable contributions to America's "discovery" and to the democratic ideals upon which the republic was founded. Vespucci and Verrazano, two representatives of the Renaissance, supplied the geographic conceptualization and detailed surveys of the new continent. Filippo Mazzei, a key figure of the Enlightenment, had an extensive correspondence with Thomas Jefferson, which was crucial to him in his formalization of the concept of constitutional democracy. As Giancarlo Masini and Iacopo Gori show these three sons of Florence demonstrate a unique link between Italian culture and the destiny of the United States.

Download or read book The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and Other Documents Illustrating His Career written by Amerigo Vespucci and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Amerigo written by Felipe Fernández-Armesto and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of how one side of the world came to be named not after its discoverer Christopher Columbus, but after his friend and rival Amerigo Vespucci. Born in Florence in 1454 Vespucci had spent his youth as a dealer or agent for the great Medici family. Then in 1491 he followed his fellow-Italian Columbus to Seville. In Seville continued as Florentine agent but also helped Columbus get his ships ready for his second and third voyages. Although Amerigo himself later sailed on at least two voyages of his own and explored the coast of present-day Brazil, he excelled above all at self-invention and self-promotion. He saw himself as a explorer and navigator of genius, and his colourful travel writings sold much better than those of Columbus. He became Pilot Major of Spain in 1508 and died in 1512.Fernanzez-Armesto knows this period exceptionaly well and he brings wonderfully to life the world of navigators, shipwrights, explorers, cartographers, agents, financiers and fixers.

Download or read book Amerigo Vespucci written by Frederick Julius Pohl and published by Buccaneer Books. This book was released on 1966 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Discusses the controversy around Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer and navigator, who was credited with the discovery of America instead of Columbus. Examines the dramatic history around Vespucci's voyages, forgeries, and the naming of America."--Google Books.

Download or read book The Life and Voyages of Americus Vespucius written by Charles Edwards Lester and published by New York : Baker & Scribner. This book was released on 1846 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Amerigo Vespucci written by Frederick Albion Ober and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Life and Voyages of Americus Vespucius with Illustrations Concerning the Navigator and the Discovery of the New World written by Charles Edwards LESTER (and FOSTER (Andrew)) and published by . This book was released on 1846 with total page 474 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci written by Amerigo Vespucci and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2007 Scholar's Bookshelf reprint edition of this London: 1893 publication reproduced in facsimile and with translation and Introduction the central documents for Vespucci and his explorations, including the Soderini letter.

Download or read book The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and Other Documents illustrative of his Career written by Clements R. Markham and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contains the following items, translated with notes and an introduction: Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a 'magnificent lord' - Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo Pietro F. di Medici - Evidence of Alonzo de Hojeda respecting his voyage of 1499 - Account of the voyage of Hojeda, 1499-1500, by Navarrete - Letter of the Admiral Christopher Columbus to his son - Letter of Vianelo to the Seigneury of Venice - Letter of naturalization in favor of Vespucci - Appointment of Amerigo Vespucci as chief pilot - Chapters from Las Casas, which discuss the statements of Vespucci - Evidence respecting the voyage of Pinzon and Solis - Las Casas on the voyage of Pinzon and Solis; Index. This is a new print-on-demand hardback edition of the volume first published in 1894.

Download or read book The Mysterious History of Columbus written by John Noble Wilford and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1992 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Was Christopher Columbus a visionary or an opportunist, a rapacious colonist or a Christian mystic? The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Mapmakers gives us a truly judicious portrait of the great navigator--one that is as much about the accretion of the Columbus mythos as it is an absorbing account of his life and character.

Download or read book The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci written by Amerigo Vespucci and published by . This book was released on 2018-12-18 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Adventurer, merchant and mapper of the New World, Amerigo Vespucci's life is fascinating and vivid - his letters, published here in full, reveal his discoveries. Born in Florence in the mid-15th century, Vespucci expressed an interest in the newly-discovered lands across the Atlantic Ocean from an early age. Educated by his uncle, a learned Dominican friar, it was in youth that Vespucci displayed a talent for money matters and mathematics - this gift for figures would pay dividends during his later sea expeditions, which saw him draw many of the first maps ever made of the coastline of South America. This book does not merely contain Vespucci's own writings, but also the letters of other authors who refer to him and his accomplishments. Christopher Columbus had praise for Vespucci's competence, while he is alluded to multiple times in the writings of historian Bartolome de las Casas. The compiler, annotator and translator of these relevant correspondences is Clements R. Markham, who is keen to reveal the character and deeds that underpin Amerigo Vespucci's reputation as a great explorer. As a gateway into the exploratory and navigational events accompanying the Italian Renaissance, this book is superb. All of Markham's original notes and scholarly references are included, being appended to the conclusion of the book.

Download or read book Why America written by Germán Arciniegas and published by Villegas Asociados. This book was released on 2002 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Despite the fact that the Americas were named after Florentine Amérigo Vespucci, he has been one of the least researched characters in American history. In this profile, Vespucci is revealed as a smart, trustworthy businessman and explorer, worthy of this new world's honor.