Amerigo Vespucci



Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454-February 22, 1512) was an Italian explorer, navigator, and cartographer. He is also known to be the cousin of Cristina Vespucci.

Amerigo became an explorer because of Cristina. She insisted Lorenzo de' Medici make Amerigo an explorer. Lorenzo took her advice and several years later, Amerigo was the first to map out the New World (America) which was named after him.

Amerigo is mentioned and appears in Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood (Novel), once when Ezio heard that Amerigo confirmed the discoveries of Columbus, and when Micheletto Corella was taken to the Signoria in Florence, there Amerigo along with Piero Soderini and Machiavelli interrogated and tortured him.