Vespucci
A·me·ri·go [uh-mer-i-goh; Italian ah-me-ree-gaw], /əˈmɛr ɪˌgoʊ; Italian ˌɑ mɛˈri gɔ/, Americus Vespucius, 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.
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How to use Vespucci in a sentence
Amerigo Vespucci sailed with three ships furnished him by Emanuel of Portugal.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellPeople later on said that Amerigo Vespucci had discovered a new continent, and that it ought to be called by his name.
Stories That Words Tell Us | Elizabeth O'NeillIn 1511 a copy of Vespucci's narrative of his voyage had been lent to the monastery, and had been read with great interest.
The Age of Erasmus | P. S. AllenWildeve came like Amerigo Vespucci, and received the honours due to those who had gone before.
Return of the Native | Thomas HardyThe statement of encyclopædias that Vespucci "probably got as far north as Cape Hatteras" is ridiculous.
The Spanish Pioneers | Charles F. Lummis
British Dictionary definitions for Vespucci
/ (vɛˈspuːtʃɪ) /
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
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