'Americus', (1454-1512), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

'Americus', (1454-1512), 1830. Creator: Unknown.

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'Americus', (1454-1512), 1830. Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) Italian explorer, financier, navigator, and cartographer. In 1507, the new world was named America after the Latin version of Vespucci's first name. From "Biographical Illustrations", by Alfred Howard. [Thomas Tegg, R. Griffin and Co., J. Cumming, London, Glasgow and Dublin, 1830]

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