1. Report Presentation By : Alyssa Johansen
Amerigo Vespucci
Report Presentation
By : Alyssa Johansen

2. Before the Voyages
Amerigo Vespucci was born on March 9, 1451 in Florence, Italy
Even though he was born in Italy, he became and accustomed citizen of Spain around 1504
Amerigo’s parents were Sir Nastagio and Lisabetta Mini
His father worked as a notary and his family was friends of The Medicis
He was educated by his paternal uncle named Guido Antonio Vespucci
When Amerigo was 20 his uncle gave him his fist job and sent for him a diplomatic mission in Paris
This started his amazement with exploring

3. Vespucci’s 1st Voyage He started this voyage on May 10, 1497
It was sponsored by Spain
Spain wanted to know what land it had gained from the Treaty of Tordessius

4. Vespucci’s 2nd Voyage
Amerigo’s second voyage was sponsored by Portugal
Amerigo took notes of the constellations and moon cycles to make measurements of meridians, latitude, and longitude

5. The Naming of America
Amerigo Vespucci wrote letters to the Medicis so they could know what was going on
Some of the letters were published and a mapmaker read them thinking that Amerigo Vespucci discovered the new world and translated many many different Latin ways to say the name and came up with America.
People who knew Columbus discovered the new world were mad and wanted to change it but America stuck.

6. Commitments Vespucci had some amazing commitments to the world
He improve the geography, astronomy, and discovered the Amazon River.
He was able to live peacefully with cannibals and natives . He only attacked if they attacked first.
He didn’t go for the 3 Gs he went out of curiosity
He was never the lead of a expedition , but he was important. America was named after the right guy

7. After the voyage
On his 2nd voyage Vespucci caught a disease called Marilia and died of sickness in Florence, Italy on February 22, 1512 at age 57
He was a great man and was a very kind and considerate explorer.

8. Bibliography http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Am%C3%A9rico_Vespucio