Definition of Americus vespucius

1. Noun. Florentine navigator who explored the coast of South America; America was named in his honor (1454-1512).

Exact synonyms: Amerigo Vespucci, Vespucci
Generic synonyms: Navigator

Lexicographical Neighbors of Americus Vespucius

Americanizes
Americanizing
Americanness
Americanocentric
Americanophobia
Americans
Americas
Americentric
Americo-
Americophile
Americophiles
Americophilia
Americophobia
Americus Vespucius
Ameriginal
Ameriginals
Amerigines
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerika
Amerikay
Amerikkka
Amerikkkan
Amerikkkans
Amerimanga
Amerind
Amerindian
Amerindian language
Amerindian race

Literary usage of Americus vespucius

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Account of Discoveries in the West Until 1519: And of Voyagers to and by Conway Robinson, Robert Greenhow, Virginia Historical Society (1848)
"CHAPTER X. Of the voyage of americus vespucius with Alonzo de Ojeda and of other ... americus vespucius was born in Florence on the 9th of March 1451, ..."

2. American History Stories by Mara Louise Pratt-Chadwick (1888)
"But people were not very careful in those days about being" fair" to anybody or anything: and so, when in 1497 americus vespucius made a voyage to the new ..."

3. American History by James Alton James, Albert Hart Sanford (1919)
"When the news of Cabral's discovery reached Portugal, an expedition was sent out, with which went americus vespucius, ..."

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