Amerigo Vespucci
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Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence after whom the Americas are named.
Portrait attrib. Crispijn van de Passe the Elder, c. 1590–1637
Portrait of a young member of the Vespucci family, identified as Amerigo by Giorgio Vasari
Depiction of Vespucci's first encounter with Native Americans, alleged to have occurred in 1497 (De Bry engraving, c. 1592)
Vespucci's second voyage depicted in the first known edition of his letter to Piero Soderini, published by Pietro Pacini in Florence c. 1505
Martin Waldseemüller
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Martin Waldseemüller was a German cartographer and humanist scholar. Sometimes known by the Hellenized form of his name, Hylacomylus, his work was influential among contemporary cartographers. His col
Amerigo Vespucci
…1501 that Brazil was part of a fourth continent unknown to Europeans, which he called the "New World" (Mundus Novus). The claim inspired cartographer Martin Waldseemüller to recognize Vespucci's accomplishments in 1507 by applying the Latinized form "America" to a map showing the New World. Other cartographers followed…
Martin Waldseemüller (19th-century painting)
Carta Itineraria Europae from 1520: South is at the top. Great Britain is at bottom right, titled 'Anglia Regnum'.