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Those new regions [America] which we found and explored with the fleet... we may rightly call a New World... a continent more densely peopled and abounding in animals than our Europe or Asia or Africa; and, in addition, a climate milder than in any other region known to us.

Amerigo Vespucci

I resolved to abandon trade and to fix my aim on something more praiseworthy and stable; whence it was that I made preparation for going to see part of the world and its wonders.

Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci

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Born: March 9, 1454

Died: February 22, 1512 (aged 57)

Bio: Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator, and cartographer from the Republic of Florence.

Known for:

Mundus Novus
The First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci on Wikipedia

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