accounted to Vespucci is that Native Indians are barbarians with no shame. Vespucci gives the impression by showing that they are cannibals (Vespucci 18). For example‚ they will eat human flesh from their enemies. They have no leader and no rules are set. Basically‚ I picture humans running around like wild animals without shame. In addition‚ the men are lustful without shame‚ taking as much women as they can. Even the women are crazy; they would cause abortion if their husband anger them (Vespucci 18).
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Amerigo hides in the galley of the boat‚ where kept all the supplies for food and water until he knew it was safe to come out. When the boat was forty yards out from shore he came out and went to the top deck. Amerigo came out and was curious about where the ship was going. That’s when he asks one of the crew members of the boat who was in charge‚ the crew member said‚ “Yo no hablo Inglés” as heads downstairs carrying a heavy crate downstairs to the storage room. Amerigo saw someone
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Sails to the New World. Amerigo Vespucci - 1502 American continents named after him. Vasco de Balboa - 1513 Discovers the eastern shore of the Pacific Ocean. Hernando Cortez - 1521 Defeats Aztec Empire. Francisco Pizarro - 1533 Defeats Inca Empire. Hernando De Soto - 1539 Explores the southeastern US. Francisco de Coronado - 1540 Discovers the Grand Canyon Christopher Columbus - 1492 Sails to the New World. Amerigo Vespucci - 1502 American continents
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However‚ Amerigo made this conclusion in 1501. Martin Waldseemuller did not give the New World the name of America until 1507. Why did Martin wait six years? I believe Martin knew that naming the New World after Amerigo would not be taken lightly by Columbus‚ therefor Martin waited until after Christopher Columbus had passed away. If it was a fair judgement for Martin to name the New World after Amerigo‚ Columbus would have not had a problem with it and therefore
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something if people (the Native Americans) already lived there? Which brings me to the next question‚ why do they call Indians‚ Native Americans if they were here first? America was named after an Italian navigator‚ named Amerigo Vespucci which the Spaniards honored him. (Amerigo Vespucci. (2011). Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia‚ 6th Edition‚ 1.) The Natives‚ (there correct name) were intrigued and curious about the white man. But little that they know‚ there were disliked because of their culture and
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Event: The Italian Renaissance begins Cause People like Petrarch who were obsessed with ancient Greece and ancient Rome; felt that the middle age was a “Dark age”‚ so they recovered the Latin text such as some of Cicero’s work. Fall of Constantinople‚ which Greeks scholars fled to Italy with Ancients texts. Plato’s work was translated in Latin. Another cause is humanism which is the prominent works of Greek‚ Roman‚ and biblical literature. Petrarch is called “The father of humanism”. The Printing
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people had been there for thousand of year‚ “A New World” is not really an appropriate term. However‚ perspectives play a significant role in calling the Americas “new”. America is the name that we learn as schoolchildren‚ was named in honor of Amerigo Vespucci‚ for his discovery of the mainland of the New
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They both talk on the topic of encountering the natives‚ Amerigo wrote his letter 43 years before the Spanish priest would write to King Philip II. Amerigo wrote his letter to be very matter of fact‚ using “we” instead of “I”‚ and stating what he thought had happened. He discusses the encounter with the natives‚ while 43 years later Bartolomé the Spanish
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Christopher Columbus Who was the greatest explorer of the Age of Exploration? Vespucci? No. Magellan? No. Columbus? Yes. Columbus paved the road for all explorers of the time. Columbus was an Italian explorer who thought that he could reach India by traveling west instead of having to sail under the southern tip of Africa; this was very dangerous because of the harsh weather and pirates looking for ships to raid. At the time in Europe it was a common belief of the educated that the world was
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geography‚ weather‚ and climate. These characteristics allow Venezuelans to express themselves and their individuality as a country. The history of Venezuela is a one of a kind. In the year 1499‚ two gentlemen by the names of Alfonso de Ojeda and Amerigo Vespucci went on a Spanish expedition to South America. Upon arriving
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