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The true story of the explorer and scholar after who the entire continent of "America" is named. This remarkable work starts with the early life of the Italian-born explorer and then quickly moves on to the details of his fabulous voyages on behalf of Spain and Portugal from 1499 to 1502.
Drawing heavily upon the explorer's own writing and other original sources, the full story of this remarkable-yet surprisingly little-known-Pilot Major of Spain is told in an intriguing and exciting fashion. Read here of the controversy surrounding Vespucci's first voyage, his remarkably accurate maps, and the many discoveries he made that later caused scholars to name the entire new world after him as a mark of honor.
Contents
I: Young Amerigo And His Family 1451-1470
II: Amerigo's Friends and Teachers 1470-1482
III: Vespucci's Favorite Authors 1485-1490
IV: In the Service of Spain 1490
V: Conversations with Columbus 1492 Or 1493
VI: Vespucci's Debatable Voyage 1497-1498
VII: Vespucci's "Second" Voyage 1499-1500
VIII: With Ojeda the Fighter 1499
IX: Cannibals, Giants, And Pearls 1499-1500
X: Famous Fellow-Voyagers 1497-1500
XI: On the Coast of Brazil 1501-1502
XII: The "Fourth Part of The Earth" XIII
XIII: The Fourth Great Voyage 1503-1504
XIV: King Ferdinand's Friend 1505-1508
XV: Pilot-Major of Spain 1508-1512
XVI: How America Was Named 1504-1541
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About the author
Frederick Albion Ober (1849-1913) was a history writer and naturalist who famously explored much of South America and the Lesser Antilles, where he discovered and noted no less than 22 bird taxa. He was a co-founder of the Explorers Club and a member of the American Antiquarian Society and retained a lifelong interest in all matters South America.
