What characteristics did Amerigo Vespucci?

Answer 1

Amerigo Vespucci's life was interesting in that he was born to a wealthy family in Florence, Italy and began his adult life working for a banker. He was sent to Spain by the banker and there he began working on ships. Later, he was known for his explorations of Brazil and America.

Answer 2

smart brave

Answer 3

Well, he was the captain of two explorations around the eastern portion of South America so he had some leadership qualities. Considering that most people thought the world was flat and that if you went too far you could fall off, he was also brave. He has something because the word America is a derivative of his name "Amerigo". Amerigo was also analytically gifted and even smarter than the average explorer. He was one of the best navigators and cartographers of is time.

Answer 4

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian Explorer, financer, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass hitherto unknown to Afro- Eurasians. Colloquially referred to as the New World, this second super continent came to be termed "America", deriving its name from Americus, the latin version of Vespucci's first name.

Answer 5

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer who played a significant role in mapping South America, identifying it as a new continent separate from Asia. He is known for being one of the first to recognize and document that the lands discovered by Christopher Columbus were not part of the Asian continent. Additionally, his name was later used to label the continents of North and South America.

Answer 6

Amerigo Vespucci was a wise smart educated Italian voyager.

Answer 7

Smart, Brave, Courageous, and intelligent