Vespucci was born on 9 March 1451, in Florence, a wealthy Italian city-state and a center of Renaissance art and learning.
Family and education
Amerigo Vespucci was the third son of Nastagio Vespucci, a

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A few days ago I wrote you at some length about my return from those new regions we searched for and found with the fleet, at the expense and by the

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Knowledge of Vespucci's voyages relies almost entirely on a handful of letters written by him or attributed to him. Two of these letters were

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Vespucci has been called "the most enigmatic and controversial figure in early American history". The debate has become known among historians

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• Arciniegas, Germán (1955). Amerigo and the New World: The Life and Times of Amerigo Vespucci. Translated by de Onís, Harriet. New York: Alfred A. Knopf. ISBN 0-374-90280-1

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• Canaday, James A. "The Life of Amerigo Vespucci"
• Works by Amerigo Vespucci at Project Gutenberg
• Works by or about Amerigo Vespucci at Internet Archive
• Vespucci, Amerigo. "Account of His First Voyage 1497 (Letter to Pier Soderini, Gonfalonier of the Republic of Florence)"

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Vespucci's historical importance may rest more with his letters (whether or not he wrote them all) than his discoveries. Burckhardt cites the

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