ScienceBorn March 9, 1454

Amerigo Vespucci

Italian explorer and navigator

Born
March 9, 1454
Died
February 22, 1512 (aged 57)
Known as
explorer, merchant, cartographer, writer, seafarer, sailor

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence after whom the Americas are named.

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