The Person Who America Was Named After

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Amerigo Vespucci

• The Person Who America Was Named After
• By Jessica

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Introduction

• Amerigo Vespucci will always be remembered as
  the man America was named after. But how in the
  heck did his name get on the two continents?

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The Early Life of the Vespuccis

• Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence, Italy in
  1454. As a child he loved copying maps and
  collecting books. When he was a kid Christopher
  Columbus was on his way to the Indies-(at least
  he thought that is where he was.) After,
  Christopher Columbus came with those treasures.
  Amerigo was fascinated. He told himself when I am
  older Im going to go out in the world some day
  and find new worlds.

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After College and Did he Explore

• He began working for local bankers and was sent
  to Spain in 1492 to look after his employer's
  business interests. After college he worked as a
  business man hoping to strike rich so he could go
  explore. And yes he did explore, in his forties
  he went on his first voyage. He was the navigator
  of the ship.

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The First Voyage

• While in Spain, Amerigo Vespucci began working
  on ships and ultimately went on his first
  expedition as a navigator in 1499. This
  expedition reached the mouth of the Amazon River
  and explored the coast of South America. Vespucci
  was able to calculate how far west he had
  traveled by observing the conjunction of Mars and
  the Moon.

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America is Ours!!!

• On his second voyage in 1501, Amerigo Vespucci
  sailed under the Portuguese flag. After leaving
  Lisbon, it took Vespucci 64 days to cross the
  Atlantic Ocean due to light winds. His ships
  followed the South American coast to within 400
  miles of the southern tip, Tierra del Fuego.
• While on this voyage, Vespucci wrote two
  letters to a friend in Europe. He described his
  travels and was the first to identify the New
  World of North and South America as separate from
  Asia. America was named after him when a German
  mapper mapped America.

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The End

• Amerigo Vespucci was named Pilot Major of Spain
  in 1508. Vespucci was proud of this
  accomplishments, "I was more skillful than all
  the shipmates of the whole world." Vespucci's
  third voyage to the New World was his last for he
  contracted malaria and died in Spain in 1512 at
  the age of 58.

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Lets have a Quiz! Lets see if you know!

• When was he born?
• He was born in 1454 in Florence, Italy.
• Why did he explore?
• He explored because he wanted to see the world.
• What was his hobby?
• His hobby was copying maps and collecting books.
• Who did he sail for?
• He sailed for Spain.
• Why did he sail for Spain not Italy?
• Because Italy had monopoly, and didnt need or
  want exploration.

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Thanks for Watching!

• By Jessica
• Thanks to Nettrecker, Mrs. Stevens, and
  Wikipedia.