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.

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 →
employer	Crown of Castile → Kingdom of Portugal →
era	Renaissance →
ethnicGroup	Italian →
familyName	Vespucci →
fieldOfWork	cartography → exploration → navigation →
fullName	Amerigo Vespucci →
givenName	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 Discovery →
placeOfBurial	Seville →
religion	Catholicism →
residence	Florence → Seville →
sexOrGender	male →
spouse	Maria Cerezo →
workLocation	Seville →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Letters describing voyages to the New World →	associatedWith
Letters describing voyages to the New World →	author
Amerigo Vespucci ("Vespucci") →	familyName
Amerigo Vespucci →	fullName
Amerigo Vespucci ("Amerigo") →	givenName
Age of Exploration →	hasKeyExplorer
Martin Waldseemüller →	influencedBy
Republic of Florence →	notablePerson
Maria Cerezo →	spouse