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Amerigo Vespucci

by Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) Ober

1907 · History

Open Library OL2339337W

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Florence after whom the Americas are named. Vespucci participated in at least two voyages of the Age of Discovery, first on behalf of Spain and then for Portugal.

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Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) Ober (1849–1913) is represented here by 2 public-domain titles, including Amerigo Vespucci and Vasco Nuñez de Balboa. This page is a shelf list: the books are read on Open Library, not stored here. More of this shelf for Frederick A. (Frederick Albion) Ober.

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