Directory of Vespucci, Amerigo Resources

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Sites and pages devoted to Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512). Italian explorer who sailed the coast of Venezuela and for whom the American continents are named.

Resources in This Category

• Amerigo Vespucci

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/15384b.htm
  A biographical article from the Catholic Encyclopedia.

• Amerigo Vespucci

  http://geography.about.com/library/weekly/aa050498.htm
  About.com's geography story of the man for whom America is named.

• Letter of Amerigo Vespucci

  http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497vespucci-america.asp
  An account of his 1497 voyage, from the Modern History Sourcebook.

• Why was America named after Amerigo Vespucci?

  http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_021.html
  An informative column from The Straight Dope.

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