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Giovanni Vespucci
Giovanni Vespucci (1484after 1524), also known as Juan Vespucio or Vespucci, was an Italo-Spanish geographer, cartographer, and cosmographer. He was born in Florence around 1484. With his uncle Amerigo Vespucci, Amerigo, he moved to Seville in Kingdom of Castile, Castile, Spanish Empire, Spain, where he was employed as a cartographer and cosmographer. In 1524, he was called upon as an expert to attend a board meeting between representatives of Spain and Portugal at the Old Town Hall in Badajoz to clarify the status of their territorial arrangements, attended by the likes of Ferdinand Columbus, Hernando Colón, Sebastian Cabot (explorer), Sebastián Caboto, Juan Sebastián Elcano, Diogo Ribeiro (cartographer), Diego Ribeiro, and Esteban Gómez. References Citations Bibliography * {{DEFAULTSORT:Vespucci, Giovanni Spanish geographers 15th-century Italian cartographers Spanish cartographers 15th-century people from the Republic of Florence 16th-century Spanish people Peop ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carta Universal En Que Se Contiene Todo Lo Que Del Mundo Se Ha Descubierto Fasta Agora Hizola Diego Ribero Cosmographo De Su Magestad, Ano De 1529, En Sevilla
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