Amerigo+Vespicci



**Amerigo Vespicci**

Short Bio
-Born in Italy, grew up in there as a business man in Florence -1499 first voyage to the Americas. Found Amazon River -1501 sailed very far south down eastern coast of South America -Accounts of journeys were published in the form of letters and became very famous in Europe -Died in 1512 in Seville, Spain

Regions Explored
-Amazon River -Southern Caribbean -East Coast of South America -Bay of Rio De Jenero

Locals
- Typical Feeling of Locals - Almost naive in awe - Not aware that they are being taken advantage of

Overall Importance-
1. Discovered that the New World was actually separate new lands and not Asia based on stars. 2. Two Continents named after him. 3. Made a myriad of discoveries on the eastern coast of south america which supplied cartographers with work for a while. 4. He had a very positive effect on History. Without Amerigo, it may have been a while before anyone even considered the Americas to actually be separate from Asia. This was revolutionary and very important for trading and conquering for the next few hundred years.