Amerigo Vespucci Timeline By claired19263 Mar 9, 1454 Amerigo Vespucci was born Oct 19, 1476 He wrote a letter to his father before his father died Jan 1, 1491 Amerigo workedfor a company that prepared ships for voyages and thats how he met christopher columbus Oct 19, 1496 Amerigo wrote a letter to his father before his father died Apr 10, 1497 He touched the mainland May 10, 1497 He started his first voyage Oct 15, 1498 He ended his first voyage Jan 1, 1499 He explored the NorthEastern coast of South America Jan 1, 1500 He returned from his first exploration Jan 1, 1501 He explored again, but explored the South East coast of South America May 16, 1501 He set sail on his second voyage Jan 1, 1502 He explored month in the Amazon all alone Sep 7, 1502 He returned from his second voyage Jun 10, 1503 He set sail on his last voyage Jun 18, 1504 He came back from his last voyage Jan 1, 1505 After he stopped going on voyages he worked at a spanish goverment Dec 31, 1505 He married Maria Lerezo Jan 1, 1507 Martin Waldseemuller thought the new should be named after Amerigo Jan 1, 1508 He was a pilot major and he served that position unti he died Feb 22, 1512 Amerigo died