Amerigo Vespucci : explorer of South America and the West Indies / Heather Moore Niver.
Material type: TextSeries: Spotlight on explorers and colonizationPublisher: New York : Rosen Publishing, 2017Edition: First editionDescription: 48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 147778795X
- 9781477787953
- 9781477787922
- 1477787925
- Vespucci, Amerigo, 1451-1512 -- Juvenile literature
- Explorers -- America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Explorers -- Spain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Explorers -- Portugal -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- America -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish -- Juvenile literature
- America -- Discovery and exploration -- Portuguese -- Juvenile literature
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Children's Book | Main Library | Children's Biography | Vespucci A. N735 | Available | 33111008479863 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Amerigo Vespucci, the presumed namesake of the continents of North America and South America, is a controversial figure in the history of European exploration. The number of voyages he took to the New World is in dispute, but among his accomplishments, he found a rough method of calculating longitude, made notes on the indigenous peoples he encountered, and published theories proving that Columbus had not landed in India. This volume separates the fact from fiction, the man from the myth, and sets about to responsibly examine the remaining open questions at the heart of this history of New World exploration.
Highlights the life and voyages of the Italian merchant and explorer who was credited with being the first to reach the American mainland.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 45-46) and index.
Who in the world is Amerigo Vespucci? -- Before the fame: ambassador and pickle salesman -- Connections to Christopher Columbus -- The question of the letters -- Maiden voyage? -- 1499-1500 voyage -- Debunking dead reckoning -- 1501-1502 voyage -- 1503 voyage -- Where in the world was Vespucci? -- Vespucci on the map! -- Last days -- Legacy.