Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci (9 March 1454 – 22 February 1512) was an Italian-born merchant, explorer, and navigator from the Republic of Florence. Between 1497 and 1504, he participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery, first on behalf of Spain and then for Portugal. He claimed to have understood, back in 1501 during his Portuguese expedition, that Brazil...
