NOUN
- Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512)
How To Use Amerigo Vespucci In A Sentence
- Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian-born merchant and explorer who took part in early voyages to the New World on behalf of Spain around the late 15th century.
- A year later, Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci sailed to Brazil on a voyage commissioned by the Portuguese crown and returned home with a cargo of hard, reddish wood.
- Two published letters attributed to the Florentine Amerigo Vespucci tell of a staggering new work of cartology: the USC Interactive Media Division
- A second Italian, Amerigo Vespucci , actually argued that the landmass to the west of Europe was a whole new continent.