First Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci
Author: first_name: Francisco Adolfo de
last_name: Varnhagen
first_name: Amerigo
last_name: Vespucci
Language: English
Year: 1885

Amerigo Vespucci was, arguably, the first person to explore North and South America from Cape Hatteras to Uruguay or Argentina, 35° north latitude to about 35° south latitude (excluding much of Central America), and further southeast to the island of South Georgia. He is the explorer from which America derived its name.

Not only does this work contain the letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Pier Soderini, describing his first four voyages, it also includes a biography on Vespucci, a geographical su