Amerigo Vespucci Research Paper

12-5-11 Period 3 Amerigo Vespucci Research Report In 1507, an Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci, had hypothesized that “The Great” Columbus, had founded a “New World”. Vespucci knew that it was not Asia and Columbus died thinking it was, but Columbus actually founded America. A lot of people did not believe Vespucci, because of how famous Christopher Columbus was. America is named after “Amerigo” Vespucci, but some people don’t believe that he was a major part of America being founded. He did not discover America he just realized that Columbus had not founded Asia. Vespucci was even called “piloto mayer” meaning master navigator in Seville, Italy, that became a universal name for him. Amerigo Vespucci’s early life, his voyages, and his cartographer skills are all important factors for how much of an impact on the world’s history, because America would have been named Columbia if Vespucci had not have known Columbus founded a New World.
His father, Nastagio was the notary of Florence. Vespucci’s mother was Lisabetta, Ser Giovanni’s daughter. Amerigo Vespucci was taught a humanistic education by his uncle Giorgio Antonio. His uncle was a Platonic Philosopher and was a teacher for Florence nobility. In 1478, when Vespucci was 24 years old, until 1480, when he was 26 years old, he was devoted to the embassy in Paris. He was there working for Guido Antonio Vespucci, a relative, and the ambassador of Florence, but in 1479 the Royal Medici family insisted that Vespucci should be the representative for the King of France. Then when he was 29, Vespucci became the manager of the house of Lorenzo de