Letters describing voyages to the New World
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"Letters describing voyages to the New World" is a collection of narrative accounts by explorer Amerigo Vespucci that detail his journeys to the Americas and contributed to early European understanding of the newly encountered continents.
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
historical document
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literary work → travel narrative → |
| associatedWith |
Amerigo Vespucci
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early modern exploration narratives → |
| author |
Amerigo Vespucci
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| circulation |
widely circulated in Europe
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| contributedTo |
early European understanding of the Americas
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naming of America → |
| countryOfOrigin |
Republic of Florence
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| describes |
Amerigo Vespucci’s voyages
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early European encounters with the Americas → flora and fauna of the Americas → geography of the New World → indigenous peoples of the Americas → |
| form |
letters
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| genre |
epistolary literature
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exploration literature → |
| historicalContext |
European maritime exploration
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competition among Iberian powers → |
| influenced |
European perceptions of the New World
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cartographers of the early 16th century → |
| language |
Italian
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Latin → |
| mainSubject |
Age of Discovery
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voyages to the Americas → |
| narrativePerspective |
first-person account
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| subjectOf |
scholarly debate about authenticity and accuracy
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| timePeriodDescribed |
early 16th century
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late 15th century → |
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| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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Amerigo Vespucci
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notableWork |