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1454
Birth
Amerigo Vespucci has been born on 1454 in Florence Italy. -
Period: 1499 to 1500
Early Voyages to New World
Amerigo Vespucci went on voyages to the New World after Christopher Columbus returned to Spain -
Period: 1499 to 1500
Finds Mouth of Amazon River
While on a expedition in 1499-1500 he found the mouth of the Amazon River -
Period: 1499 to 1500
Finds and names Cape Cattigara
On his way back to a place named Trinidad he sighted the mouth of the Orinoco River then he headed for Haiti. Vespucci thought he has sailed along the coast of the extreme easterly coast of Asia, where Ptolemy, the geographer, believed market of Cattigara to be; so he looked for the tip of this peninsula, calling it Cape Cattigara -
1500
Vespucci goes for the Indian Ocean
After returning to Spain, Vespucci asked the king for resources to lead a expedition to the Indian Ocean when he was denied he went to Portugal.