Giovanni Vespucci (1484after 1524), also known as Juan Vespucio or Vespucci, was an Italo-Spanish geographer, cartographer, and cosmographer. He was born in
Florence
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Florence ...
around 1484. With his uncle
Amerigo, he moved to
Seville
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in
Castile,
Spain
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, 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
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to clarify the status of their territorial arrangements, attended by the likes of
Hernando Colón,
Sebastián Caboto,
Juan Sebastián Elcano
Juan Sebastián Elcano (Elkano in modern Basque language, Basque; also known as ''del Cano''; 1486/1487 – 4 August 1526) was a Spaniards, Spanish navigator, ship-owner and explorer of Basques, Basque origin, ship-owner and explorer from Getaria ...
,
Diego Ribeiro
Diogo Ribeiro (d. 16 August 1533) was a Portuguese cartographer and explorer who worked most of his life in Spain, where he was known as Diego Ribero. He worked on the official maps of the '' Padrón Real'' (or ''Padrón General'') from 1518 to ...
, and
Esteban Gómez Esteban () is a Spanish male given name, derived from Greek Στέφανος (Stéphanos) and related to the English names Steven and Stephen. Although in its original pronunciation the accent is on the penultimate syllable, English-speakers tend ...
.
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Spanish geographers
15th-century Italian cartographers
Spanish cartographers
15th-century people from the Republic of Florence
16th-century Spanish people
People from Seville
Cosmographers