A01=Frederick Julius Pohl
Amerigo Vespucci
Atlantic exploration
Author_Frederick Julius Pohl
Cape Verde Islands
cartographic history
Casa De Contratacion
Category=G
continental identification debate
cosa
Cosmographiae Introductio
degree
degrees
discovery of South America
Disorderly Act
early modern navigation
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ferdinand
Ferdinand III
Fortunate Isles
half
Half Degrees
historical geography
juan
Juan De La Cosa
king
La Cosa
La Cosa Map
Lunar Distances
Mundus Novus
north
Ocean Current
Piero Soderini
Pilot Major
Porto Seguro
Portuguese maritime routes
Red Field
Small Inset Map
spanish
Spanish Voyage
Strass Burg
Terrestrial Paradise
Torrid Zone
Vespucci Family
voyage
Young Man
Product details
- ISBN 9780714610214
- Weight: 680g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 26 May 1967
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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First published in 1967. This volume looks at the voyages of Americo Vespucio, to use the Spanish form of the name Amerigo Vespucci, who sailed to the West under the Spanish flag in 1499 and again in 1501 when he sailed to gain geographical information for the King of Portugal who like the King of Spain had been confused by the contradictory reports of Columbus. Columbus to his death believed that he had landed in Asia and not the Americas. Americo discovered the Amazon and the Para Rivers and explored over 6000 miles of continuous shoreline between Venezuela, which he named and a harbour about fifty degrees south on the coast of Argentina. In 1502 he presented 'proof' of the existence of the 'New World'. Americo crossed the Atlantic Ocean and found out and reported what was really there, naming the continent America from the Latin version of his name.
