'Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 -February 22, 1512) was an Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer. He played a senior role in two voyages which explored the east coast of South America between 1499 and 1502. On the second of these voyages he discovered that South America extended much further south than previously known by Europeans. This convinced him that this land was part of a new continent, … Wikipedia
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The second ship of the design was the Amerigo Vespucci named after Florentinian Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) and for whom the Americas are named after. modelshipbuilder.com/models/amerigo-vespucci.html
Amerigo Vespucci (born in Florence in 1452), whose name was given to the American continents by Waldsmuller in 1507, worked in Seville (where he died) in the business house which fitted out Columbus' second expedition. www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1497vespucci%2Damerica.html