Project Gutenberg 2011-07-31 Public domain in the USA. 695 Vespucci, Amerigo 1451 1512 Amerigo Vespucci Casas, Bartolomé de las 1484 1566 Casas, Bartolome de las Las Casas, Bartolomé de De las Casas, Bartolomé Columbus, Christopher 1451 1506 Colombo, Cristoforo Colón, Cristóbal Colon, Cristobal Markham, Clements R. (Clements Robert), Sir 1830 1916 Markham, Sir Clements R. (Clements Robert) Markham, Clements Robert, Sir The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci, and Other Documents Illustrative of His Career Reading ease score: 62.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to a "magnificent lord" -- Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Lorenzo Pietro F. di Medici -- Evidence of Alonso de Hojeda respecting his voyage of 1499 -- Account of the voyage of Hojeda, 1499-1500, by Navarrete -- Letter of the Admiral Christopher Columbus to his son -- Letter of Vianelo to the Seigneury of Venice -- Letter of naturalization in favor of Vespucci -- Appointment of Amerigo Vespucci as chief pilot -- Chapters from Las Casas, which discuss the statements of Vespucci -- Evidence respecting the voyage of Pinzon and Solis -- Las Casas on the voyage of Pinzon and Solis. Produced by Free Elf, Joseph Cooper, David Garcia and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Letters of Amerigo Vespucci and Other Documents Illustrative of His Career" by Clements R. Markham is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book compiles the letters of Amerigo Vespucci, along with other relevant documents that highlight the significant yet controversial role he played in the Age of Discovery. Through these writings, the book examines Vespucci's voyages and explores the contentious claims surrounding his discoveries. The opening of this work introduces readers to Amerigo Vespucci, a figure whose journey from mercantile life in Florence to a career in navigation reveals much about the evolving perceptions of exploration in the late 15th century. Markham sets the stage by outlining Vespucci's transition to a more adventurous life at sea, detailing the voyages he undertook and the diverse lands and peoples he encountered. Through Vespucci's letters, a narrative unfolds that mixes exploration details with his personal aspirations, while also raising questions about the authenticity of his claims, particularly regarding the extent and significance of his discoveries in the New World. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Ojeda, Alonso de, approximately 1466-approximately 1515 Pinzón, Vicente Yáñez, 1461 or 1462-approximately 1524 Díaz de Solís, Juan, 1471?-1516? America -- Discovery and exploration -- Early works to 1800 G Text Travel Browsing: History - General Browsing: Travel & Geography 435489 435501 2024-10-15T14:47:41.693869 2023-09-16T07:18:19.724462 text/html text/html 413776 2021-01-07T23:41:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 1937920 2021-01-07T23:41:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1272171 2024-10-15T14:47:55.350772 application/epub+zip 1268254 2024-10-15T14:47:47.046794 application/epub+zip 198797 2024-10-15T14:47:44.681867 application/epub+zip 1545648 2024-10-15T14:48:00.587747 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1491386 2024-10-15T14:47:53.479928 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 299404 2022-09-17T04:11:09.720095 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 331559 331449 2024-10-15T14:47:40.175885 2023-09-16T07:18:18.461424 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 331214 2021-01-07T23:41:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 118349 2021-01-07T23:41:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 331521 2021-01-07T23:41:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 118242 2021-01-07T23:41:03 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 25580 2024-10-15T14:48:00.772784 application/rdf+xml 25023 2024-10-15T14:47:45.313825 image/jpeg 4484 2024-10-15T14:47:44.999827 image/jpeg 1154745 2024-10-15T14:47:41.769822 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia it.wikipedia