Amerigo Vespucci Collection (3 vols.)

por Clements R. Markham; Amerigo Vespucci; Frederick A. Ober

Editoriales:

Burt Franklin; Bernard Quaritch; Harper & Brothers

, 1885–1907

Overview

The history of European expansion into the “New World” is fraught with controversy, from Columbus to Cortés. Not least among the early explorers in import and intrigue was the Italian Amerigo Vespucci. His published letters, which describe his voyages, captured the imagination of the European public, publicized the existence of a hitherto unknown landmass, and coined the term New World. The first maps showing this new supercontinent bore the feminized Latin version of his name: America.

The Amerigo Vespucci Collection provides an excellent overview of the significance and historicity of America’s namesake. The collection includes several of his letters, plus letters of his contemporaries and fellow explorers testifying to his own character and that of the land he brought to the fore of the European collective consciousness. Also included is Frederick A. Ober’s classic biography of Vespucci, which provides a reliable, modern look back on the facts and tradition surrounding the Italian explorer. This collection is an excellent resource for students of early American history, sociology, and nautical exploration.

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Key Features

• Presents influential letters of Amerigo Vespucci, which describe his voyages to the Americas and identify the supercontinent as the “New World”
• Includes a classic biography of the Italian explorer
• Provides a window into Europe’s first exposure to the existence, character, and inhabitants of the New World

Product Details

• Title: Amerigo Vespucci Collection
• Volumes: 3
• Pages: 524

About Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and cartographer. In 1508, he became Spains first chief of navigation. He made at least two, and possibly four voyages to America between 1497 and 1504. Vespucci was the first to demonstrate that Brazil and the West Indies are not, in fact, Asia’s eastern outskirts (as Columbus conjectured), but are instead landmasses that were previously unknown to the Afro-Eurasians. This “New World” came to be known as America, the feminized Latinate form of Vespucci’s first name. Through his published letters the existence of the Americas became widely known throughout Europe.