Amerigo Vespucci

E11294
cartographer explorer human merchant navigator

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator whose voyages to the New World led to the continents of the Americas being named in his honor.

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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
Amerigo Vespucci canonical 19
Vespucci 2
Americus Vespucius (variant of Amerigo Vespucci) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
human ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
associatedWith Martin Waldseemüller ⓘ
birthDate 1454-03-09 ⓘ
birthPlace Florence ⓘ
Republic of Florence ⓘ
citizenship Republic of Florence ⓘ
continentNamedAfter America ⓘ
North America ⓘ
South America ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Republic of Florence ⓘ
deathDate 1512-02-22 ⓘ
deathPlace Crown of Castile ⓘ
Seville, Spain ⓘ
surface form: Seville
employer Crown of Castile ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Portugal
era Renaissance ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian ⓘ
familyName Amerigo Vespucci self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Vespucci
fieldOfWork cartography ⓘ
exploration ⓘ
navigation ⓘ
fullName Amerigo Vespucci self-link ⓘ
givenName Amerigo Vespucci self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Amerigo
influenced naming of the Americas ⓘ
knownFor suggesting that lands discovered by Europeans were a new continent ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName Italian ⓘ
Latin ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
nativeLanguage Italian ⓘ
notableFor having the Americas named after him ⓘ
voyages to the New World ⓘ
notableWork Letters describing voyages to the New World ⓘ
occupation cartographer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
merchant ⓘ
navigator ⓘ
participatedIn Age of Exploration ⓘ
surface form: Age of Discovery
placeOfBurial Seville, Spain ⓘ
surface form: Seville
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholicism
residence Florence ⓘ
Seville, Spain ⓘ
surface form: Seville
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Maria Cerezo ⓘ
workLocation Seville, Spain ⓘ
surface form: Seville

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Age of Exploration → hasKeyExplorer → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Amerigo Vespucci → fullName → Amerigo Vespucci self-link ⓘ
Amerigo Vespucci → givenName → Amerigo Vespucci self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amerigo
Amerigo Vespucci → familyName → Amerigo Vespucci self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vespucci
Republic of Florence → notablePerson → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Letters describing voyages to the New World → author → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Letters describing voyages to the New World → associatedWith → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Martin Waldseemüller → influencedBy → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Maria Cerezo → spouse → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Americus, Georgia → namedAfter → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Americus Vespucius (variant of Amerigo Vespucci)
Florence Airport Peretola → namedAfter → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Mundus Novus → attributedTo → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Estadio Monumental → namedAfter → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Antonio Vespucio Liberti
Juan de la Cosa → associatedWith → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
OpenStreetMap → supportsEditor → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Vespucci
European explorers → notableExplorer → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Universalis Cosmographia → associatedWith → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
1507 world map → influencedBy → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
this entity surface form: Amerigo Vespucci's voyages
1507 world map → associatedPerson → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Martin Ilacomilus → influencedBy → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
subject surface form: Martin Waldseemüller
Cosmographiae Introductio → subject → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Martin Hylacomylus → influencedBy → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Martin Hylacomylus → usedNameFrom → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Matthias Ringmann → inspiredBy → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ
Banga → hasLiteraryReference → Amerigo Vespucci ⓘ