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    Amerigo Vespucci was born on March 9‚1454‚ who grew up in a mansion‚ which was located near a river. His family was very wealthy and considered to be very religious and well respected. His parents were Stagio and Elisabetta Vespucci. Amerigo was the third son to be born into the family. Amerigo had two older brothers‚ whose names were Antonio and Girolamo‚ and a younger brother whose name was Bernado. As a young boy‚ Amerigo’s happiest moments were studying the stars. He was very good at mathematics

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    Amerigo Vespucci Amerigo Vespucci‚ an Italian explorer was born in Florence‚ Italy in the year of 1454. Florence was a good city to grow up in for young Amerigo‚ because of the growing interest in the field of exploration. Some of the adults told young Amerigo about the wonders and riches of the Indies. Like the other Italian boys in his village‚ undoubtedly Amerigo was fascinated with by those tales. Amerigo lived in the Ognissanti section of Florence with a lot of the Vespucci family

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    Amerigo Vespucci describes the Indians he encountered in a letter of 1502 We found the region inhabited by a race of people who were entirely naked‚ both men and women. . .They have no laws‚ and no religious belief‚ but live according to the dictates of nature alone. They know nothing of the immortality of the soul; they have no private property‚ but every thing in common; they have no boundaries of kingdom or province‚ they obey no king or lord‚ for it is wholly unnecessary‚ as they have no laws

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    12-5-11 Period 3 Amerigo Vespucci Research Report In 1507‚ an Italian explorer‚ Amerigo Vespucci‚ had hypothesized that “The Great” Columbus‚ had founded a “New World”. Vespucci knew that it was not Asia and Columbus died thinking it was‚ but Columbus actually founded America. A lot of people did not believe Vespucci‚ because of how famous Christopher Columbus was. America is named after “AmerigoVespucci‚ but some people don’t believe that he was a major part of America being

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    Amerigo Vespucci was born on March 9‚ 1454‚ in Florence‚ Italy. His parents’ names where Lisabetta Mini Vespucci‚ and Nastagio Vespucci. He had three brothers. Two older than him and one younger. His family was friends with a wealthy Medici family. He worked with the merchants who supplied Christopher Columbus’ voyages. There is a letter that he might have written that indicated that he sailed through the west Indies and central America. It also said that he “discovered” Venezuela before Christopher

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    Amerigo Vespucci Summary

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    AMERIGO VESPUCCI (or VESPUCIO) (ves-puteh’-ee)‚ Italian navigator‚ born in Florence‚ Italy‚ 9 March‚ 1451; died in Seville‚ Spain‚ 22 Feb.‚ 1512. He was of a wealthy family of merchants‚ and received his education from his uncle‚ Giorgi Antonio Vespucci‚ a Dominican friar‚ a friend and colleague of Savonarola. He engaged in business‚ first in Florence and afterward in Seville‚ where he met Columbus‚ perhaps as early as 1493‚ and where in 1497 he equipped the fleet with which that navigator sailed

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    The case that I am taking part in is of prosecuting Amerigo Vespucci for second degree murder. I am Pier Soderini‚ an Italian statesman‚ an old friend of Amerigo. He is being charged for second degree murder because he went to the land where natives were and then murdered them‚ without planning to do so. Amerigo sent a letter to me in which he stated that he slaughtered several natives with the help of his crew. He decided to murder them because they were making him and his crew feel threatened‚

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    This man is Amerigo Vespucci or‚ as known to the Spanish‚ Americo Vespucio. Vespucci was born on March 9‚ 1454‚ in Florence‚ Italy. He was born into an old family‚ having lived in the same mansion for over two hundred years. While Amerigo did not receive a formal education‚ he was taught by his highly respected uncle‚ Georgio Vespucci‚ a Dominican friar. In 1479‚ Vespucci became internationally involved‚ going with a relative to be a diplomat to the King of France. In 1491‚ Vespucci became a

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    What do you‚ Mrs Rock‚ have in common with Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci? A love for science and exploration‚ of course! You could be just like them and go discover land for America. You could find a new island large enough for a big population. Who knows what land you will reveal . The only way to find out is to follow your dream. After all ‚ Christopher Columbus and Amerigo Vespucci did. In the middle of class‚ you sometimes stop and tell stories related to our lesson about your

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    accounted to Vespucci is that Native Indians are barbarians with no shame. Vespucci gives the impression by showing that they are cannibals (Vespucci 18). For example‚ they will eat human flesh from their enemies. They have no leader and no rules are set. Basically‚ I picture humans running around like wild animals without shame. In addition‚ the men are lustful without shame‚ taking as much women as they can. Even the women are crazy; they would cause abortion if their husband anger them (Vespucci 18).

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