Database: The Man Behind the Name - Revision history

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	Amerigo Vespucci is known for having mapped what is known today as [[South America]]. Moreover, he was the first to highlight that the newly discovered territories were separate from [[Asia]].		Amerigo Vespucci is known for having mapped what is known today as [[South America]]. Moreover, he was the first to highlight that the newly discovered territories were separate from [[Asia]].

	In 1507, ~~{{Wiki\|~~Martin Waldseemüller\|Martin Waldseemuller}}, a [[Germany\|German]] cartographer and clergymen, proposed that part of the [[Brazil]]ian territory discovered by Amerigo Vespucci be labelled America, in honor of him.		In 1507, [[Martin Waldseemüller\|Martin Waldseemuller]], a [[Germany\|German]] cartographer and clergymen, proposed that part of the [[Brazil]]ian territory discovered by Amerigo Vespucci be labelled America, in honor of him.
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	Amerigo Vespucci is known for having mapped what is known today as [[South America]]. Moreover, he was the first to highlight that the newly discovered territories were separate from [[Asia]].		Amerigo Vespucci is known for having mapped what is known today as [[South America]]. Moreover, he was the first to highlight that the newly discovered territories were separate from [[Asia]].

	In 1507, [[Martin Waldseemüller\|Martin Waldseemuller]], a [[Germany\|German]] cartographer and clergymen, proposed that part of the [[Brazil]]ian territory discovered by Amerigo Vespucci be labelled America, in honor of him.		In 1507, {{Wiki\|Martin Waldseemüller\|Martin Waldseemuller}}, a [[Germany\|German]] cartographer and clergymen, proposed that part of the [[Brazil]]ian territory discovered by Amerigo Vespucci be labelled America, in honor of him.
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	[[Amerigo Vespucci]] was born in [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. He worked for the [[House of Medici\|Medici family]], where he made a number of connections with [[merchants]] and began to be interested in the voyages of [[Christopher Columbus]]. His cousin [[Cristina Vespucci]] convinced [[Lorenzo de' Medici\|Lorenzo de Medici]] to make Amerigo an explorer.		[[Amerigo Vespucci]] was born in [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. He worked for the [[House of Medici\|Medici family]], where he made a number of connections with [[merchants]] and began to be interested in the voyages of [[Christopher Columbus]]. His cousin [[Cristina Vespucci]] convinced [[Lorenzo de' Medici\|Lorenzo de Medici]] to make Amerigo an explorer.

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	[[Amerigo Vespucci]] was born in [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. He worked for the [[House of Medici\|Medici family]], where he made a number of connections with [[merchants]] and began to be interested in the voyages of [[Christopher Columbus]]. His cousin [[Cristina Vespucci]] convinced [[Lorenzo de' Medici\|Lorenzo de Medici]] to make Amerigo an explorer.		[[Amerigo Vespucci]] was born in [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. He worked for the [[House of Medici\|Medici family]], where he made a number of connections with [[merchants]] and began to be interested in the voyages of [[Christopher Columbus]]. His cousin [[Cristina Vespucci]] convinced [[Lorenzo de' Medici\|Lorenzo de Medici]] to make Amerigo an explorer.

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[[Rio de Janeiro]] Bay, 1502-01
[[File:ACIAmerigoVespucci.png|thumb|250px]]
[[Amerigo Vespucci]] was born in [[Florence]], [[Italy]]. He worked for the [[House of Medici|Medici family]], where he made a number of connections with [[merchants]] and began to be interested in the voyages of [[Christopher Columbus]]. His cousin [[Cristina Vespucci]] convinced [[Lorenzo de' Medici|Lorenzo de Medici]] to make Amerigo an explorer.

On his third voyage across the [[Atlantic Ocean|Atlantic]], which departed on May 14, 1501, he reached Rio de Janeiro Bay and {{Wiki|Río de la Plata|Rio de la Plata}}. He returned to [[Lisbon]], [[Portugal]], in 1504.

Amerigo Vespucci is known for having mapped what is known today as [[South America]]. Moreover, he was the first to highlight that the newly discovered territories were separate from [[Asia]].

In 1507, [[Martin Waldseemüller|Martin Waldseemuller]], a [[Germany|German]] cartographer and clergymen, proposed that part of the [[Brazil]]ian territory discovered by Amerigo Vespucci be labelled America, in honor of him.
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