Vespucci

[ ve-spoo-chee, -spyoo-; Italian ves-poot-chee ]

noun

1. A·me·ri·go [uh, -, mer, -i-goh, ah-me-, ree, -gaw], Americus Vespucius, 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.

Vespucci

/ vɛˈspuːtʃɪ /

noun

1. VespucciAmerigo?14541512MFlorentineTRAVEL AND EXPLORATION: navigator Amerigo (ameˈriːɡo), Latin name Americus Vespucius. ?1454–1512, Florentine navigator in the New World (1499–1500; 1501–02), after whom the continent of America was named

Example Sentences

Amerigo Vespucci sailed with three ships furnished him by Emanuel of Portugal.

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People later on said that Amerigo Vespucci had discovered a new continent, and that it ought to be called by his name.

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In 1511 a copy of Vespucci's narrative of his voyage had been lent to the monastery, and had been read with great interest.

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Wildeve came like Amerigo Vespucci, and received the honours due to those who had gone before.

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The statement of encyclopædias that Vespucci "probably got as far north as Cape Hatteras" is ridiculous.

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