Amerigo Vespucci Home - Florence

Amerigo Vespucci's home is on Borgo Ognissanti in Florence, Italy.  He was born here on March 9, 1454, to Anastasio Vespucci and Lisabetta Mini.  Vespucci was educated by his uncle in Florence, but afterwards chose to remain in the city instead of attending university.  He eventually became a banker in the employ of the Medici family, whom his family had been friends with.  Working his way up in the Medici business he was asked to help the family investigate some business concerns in Spain.  So in 1492 Vespucci left for Cadiz.  He would eventually have dealings with Christopher Columbus and embark on several explorations of his own between 1497 and 1504.  He would become the first explorer to recognize that North and South America were two separate continents, and his name Amerigo would eventually be used to name these two continents America.  He died in Seville on February 22, 1512. 

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