What caused renaissance geographers in 1507 to name the newly discovered continent America, in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, instead of, say, Columb

A biography of the Italian-born merchant, explorer, and navigator who made several voyages to the New World and for whom America is named.

Chronicles the life and times of Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci, an obscure adventurer, salesman, sorcerer, and relentless borrower of othe