Amerigo Vespucci
- Amerigo Vespucci ( ame'rigo vesputti) was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator, and cartographer
- born March 9, 1454 in the Republic of Florence (present day Italy)
- Proved that Brazil and the West Indies were not part of Asia's eastern outskirts as told previously by Columbus
- Proved that it was a completely new continent
- America derived its name from his first name "Amerigo"