Columbus's navigator Amerigo Vespucci was for whom America was named.
The Treaty of Granada greatly impacted Columbus, as it allowed him to begin his voyages to America. When the Treaty of Granada was settled in 1491 by the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, who now fully controlled the area, and had the funds to support Columbus's expeditions.
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There is significant evidence suggesting Columbus was, in fact, a Spaniard even though legend holds that he was from Genoa, Italy. - Correspondences with his brother were in Spanish. (If they were Italian, wouldn't they have written in Italian?) - Correspondences with his bankers in Genoa, Italy were in Spanish. (If Columbus were Italian, why would he communicate with his Italian bankers in Spanish?) - Columbus never claimed to be from Genoa, and in fact was always vague about where he was from. Although the myth said he went to sea as a young adult, his own writings claimed he went to sea as a boy. - There is evidence of a merchant family named Colon (the accepted Spanish version of Columbus) which was on the wrong end of some internal political strife in Spain, so disguising his origins would be in his self-interest when approaching the royal court for backing of his expeditions.
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Columbus's navigator Amerigo Vespucci was for whom America was named.
Amerigo Vespucci was born March 18, 1454 in Florence, Italy. When he was a boy he was interested in astronomy and the study of the universe. In 1492, he was sent to Seville, Spain to help Spanish ships get what they needed for their journeys. He supplied Columbus' ships with tools and food on his third and fourth expeditions to the New World
He could not go until Reconquista was over because the monarch didn't want to waste the money.
He could not go until Reconquista was over because the monarch didn't want to waste the money.
Columbus, and Italian sailor, was funded by Spain. Another Italian, John Cabot, sailed under the English flag. Vespucci, and Italian explorer, sailed with a Spanish expecition. Magellon, a Portuguese sea captain, was funded by Spain. Hudson, and English captain, sailed on different expeditions under the Dutch and the English flags.
The Treaty of Granada greatly impacted Columbus, as it allowed him to begin his voyages to America. When the Treaty of Granada was settled in 1491 by the Spanish monarchs Ferdinand and Isabella, who now fully controlled the area, and had the funds to support Columbus's expeditions.
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Amerigo Vespucci's letters describing the New World as a distinct continent shifted the perception of the Spanish from initially thinking they had reached Asia to the realization of a separate landmass. His key discovery was recognizing that the lands explored by Columbus were actually part of a new continent, leading to the use of the name "America" in his honor.
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