Amerigo Vespucci's Achievements Through His THREE Voyages: (around 1512)
1.He was the First European to set sail to & discover the New Continent America.
2. He was the First European to explore & reach the Shores of Brazil
3.Explore the Coastline of S.America, (Columbia, Uruguay & Argentina).
4. He discovered THREE of the World's Largest Rivers, THe Amazon, the Pavia and the Plata
5. He was the First to know & tell about the Equatorial Current
6. He was able to guage the Precise Longitude using the Lunar Cycle.
7.He rightly told the world that one had to cross another Ocean to Reach Asia
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2006-09-23 16:51:33
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answered by Anonymous
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1. He evolved a system for computing accurate longitude.
2. He arrived at a relatively accurate figure for the earth's equatorial circumference .
3. Vespucci accepted South America as a new continent, not part of Asia. His name was applied in his honor.
2006-09-23 13:26:57
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answered by Cambria 5
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1. Had a continent named after him.
2. Discovered mouth of the Amazon river.
3. From his letters, the Europeans learned about the newly discovered Americas for the first time.
2006-09-23 11:27:31
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answered by argentina1989 3
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Not much. He knew a mapmaker and that's why the land became called America.
2006-09-23 11:24:44
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answered by Brand X 6
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who r u and where do u come up with such nosence ideas to ask a fish, i mean im a fish not a historian just give me my points and let me go
2006-09-23 11:25:30
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answered by Big L 2
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2006-09-23 12:37:40
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answered by ravin_lunatic 6
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dem ur tough.
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2006-09-23 11:53:43
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answered by Compton,CA 4
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fourth
2006-09-23 12:18:10
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answered by Anonymous
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i don't know sorry
2006-09-23 15:30:53
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answered by under his feathers 6
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