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Amerigo Vespucci was born on May 9, 1454 in Florence, Italy. He was the third son of Nastagio Vespucci and his mother was Lisabetta Vespucci. His father worked as a notary in Florence.
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This is a timeline of the life of Amerigo Vespucci and his life.
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Amerigo Vespucci starts to work for the Medici Family (the rulers of italy from the 1400s to the 1730s) when he was about 30 years old.
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Amerigo Vespucci ends working with the Medici family but it is said he was intrested in looking for a path through the Indies from the northwest.
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Amerigo Vespucci reaches the coastof Guiana for the very firsttime and AMERICA. Ifthe letter he sent is true he discovered Guiana and Venezuala a week before Christopher Columbus did.
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Amerigo Vespucci is granted permission from King Fernanded of Spain to set out on his very first voyage and soon departes with a fleet of Spanish ships from Cadiz, Spain.
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Amerigo Vespucci arrives back in Cadez, Spain after exploring the coast of Central and South America.
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Amerigo Vespucci returns to the New World on his second voyage with Alonzo de Ojeda.They crossed the equator and explored the coast of Guiana and Brazil. On this voyage the two of them discovered Cape St. Augustine and the Amazon River.
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Amerigo Vesspuci returns to Europe and reports his findings to the Medici Family.
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Amerigo Vespucci leaves for histhird voyage, heading toward Cape Verde. This voyage is widly considered his most succesful in his lifetime. He didn't start out commanding the voyage but he came into charge when portugese officers asked him to take charge and he agreed. This voyage was when he determined he had discovered a new continent based on Christopher Columbuses findings.
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Amerigo Vespucci returned to Europe from his third Voyage.
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This was Vespucci's final last whatever you want to call it voyage although it is debated wether or not he made a fith and sixth voyage or not. He discovered Bahia and The South Georgia Island.
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Vesspuci returned to Lisben Pourtugal.
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Amerigo Vespucci became a formal citizen of Spain.
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Amerigo Vespucci marries Maria Cerezo.
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The first map is printed with the name America by a german mapmaker. His name was Martin Waldseemuller.
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Vespucci dies in Seville, Spain because of malaria. He was close to being atage 58.
