Very few, if any. He went along on some (fairly uneventful) travels to South America but in a very minor capacity and not as an 'explorer'. Back home, he wrote about the lands he had visited (as did many others, by the way) but never was seen as the ultimate authority on the newly discovered world. It would have been much of a pleasant surprise to him and the people around him that a German map-maker decided to link his name to the territory - possibly just because the map-maker had recently seen or read one of his travel-books.
Later historians have much debated whether America really was named after Amerigo Vespucci. A majority still thinks so, for lack of any more plausible source of the name. Others have argued that the earliest map of parts of the North American coast has been drawn up by an expedition financed by a group of British merchants led by Richard Ameryk and that this earliest map already calls the land "America", meaning "the lands found by the Ameryk expedition".
The jury is still out on this, with good ol' Amerigo so far having the best papers.
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∙ 7y agoThere are no confirmed negative facts about Amerigo Vespucci. However, some critics argue that he may have exaggerated his role in the exploration of the Americas and that his accounts were self-serving. Additionally, some historians question the accuracy of his navigational calculations and whether he deserved to have the continent named after him.
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∙ 9y agoAmerigo Vespucci was challenged during his voyages because the lands he experienced were not what he was anticipating. His greatest obstacle was the last voyage when the majority of the crew fell ill, including Vespucci.
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∙ 11y agoHe killed thousands of Indians and lied about some voyages.Had many errors.
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∙ 8y agoIn an accompanying book, Waldseemüller published one of the Vespucci accounts, which led to criticism that Vespucci was trying to upset Christopher Columbus' glory.
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∙ 12y agohe found no gold and silver when hewent to the Americas. Rofl
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∙ 13y agohe brought back 200 natives to be slaves when he found "The New World"
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was a cartographer (mapmaker,) not an explorer.
Amerigo Vespucci explored a trade route to Spain.
Ponte Amerigo Vespucci was created in 1957.
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Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and cartographer who explored the coast of South America. He is the namesake of the Americas. Vespucci realized that the lands discovered by Columbus were not part of Asia but a new continent.
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Amerigo Vespucci
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Amerigo Vespucci was a cartographer (mapmaker,) not an explorer.
Amerigo Vespucci had developed malaria, causing death.
Amerigo Vespucci was born in the year 1454
Yes, Amerigo Vespucci returned to Portugal.
Amerigo Vespucci explored a trade route to Spain.
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was born on March 9, 1454.