Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci was born on 9 March 1454 in Florence, Italy

He died on February 22, 1512 in Seville, Spain, of an unknown cause

 

he was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer

 

his cousins was Simonetta Vespucci

 

Amerigo Vespucci is important because he was one of the early explorers of the New World, and also because the continents of North and South America were named in his honor. (He was also known by the name of Americus Vespucci.)