Amerigo Vespucci Date of Birth and Place

Amerigo Vespucci

Date of Birth and Place

• Vespucci was born March 1451.

• Vespucci died in 1508.

• He was born in Italy and grew up with 4 brothers. They also lived in a large home with his parents.

Exploration

• Vespucci wanted to see what the world looked like.

• His areas where he explored were Asia, Spain, Bahamas, Brazil, and Argentina.

• The sponsoring country was Spain.

• Amerigo Vespucci’s contribution was that his voyages made it clear that there was a continent between Europe and Asia.

Maps

Encounters with Natives

• Vespucci sailed across the Atlantic ocean.

Interesting Facts

• Vespucci main reason to explore was to see the hole world. Vespucci hobbies were he like to study the stars and draw maps.

Resources

• http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/vespucci.html

• http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg

• http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~wcarr1/Lossing1/00-11.gif