Amerigo Vespucci

1745

It was first published in 1745 by Angelo Maria Bandini. Letter from Cape Verde (1501) was written in Cape Verde at the outset of a voyage undertaken for Portugal in 15011502.

1789

The letter was first published by Francesco Bartolozzi in 1789. Ridolfi Fragment (1502) is part of a letter attributed to Vespucci but some of its assertions remain controversial.

1807

It was first published by Count Baldelli Boni in 1807.

1839

In 1839, Alexander von Humboldt after careful consideration asserted the 1497 voyage was impossible but accepted the two Portuguese-sponsored voyages.

1856

Vespucci's reputation was perhaps at its lowest in 1856 when Ralph Waldo Emerson called Vespucci a "thief" and "pickle dealer" from Seville who managed to get "half the world baptized with his dishonest name". Opinions began to shift somewhat after 1857 when Brazilian historian Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen wrote that everything in the Soderini Letter was true.

1857

Vespucci's reputation was perhaps at its lowest in 1856 when Ralph Waldo Emerson called Vespucci a "thief" and "pickle dealer" from Seville who managed to get "half the world baptized with his dishonest name". Opinions began to shift somewhat after 1857 when Brazilian historian Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen wrote that everything in the Soderini Letter was true.

1908

(And So?)' "The New York Times", 12 December 2007. Martin Waldseemüller, Franz Wieser (Ritter von), Edward Burke (trans), The Cosmographiæ Introductio of Martin Waldseemüller in facsimile: followed by the Four voyages of Amerigo Vespucci, The United States Catholic Historical Society, 1908. 1507 Waldseemüller Map from the US Library of Congress TOPS Lecture at Library of Congress, Drs.

1924

After years of controversy, the authenticity of the three complete letters was convincingly demonstrated by Alberto Magnaghi in 1924.

Other historians followed in support of Vespucci including John Fiske and Henry Harrisse. In 1924, Alberto Magnaghi published the results of his exhaustive review of Vespucci's writings and relevant cartography.

1937

It was first published in 1937 by Roberto Ridolfi.

2007

(And So?)' "The New York Times", 12 December 2007. Martin Waldseemüller, Franz Wieser (Ritter von), Edward Burke (trans), The Cosmographiæ Introductio of Martin Waldseemüller in facsimile: followed by the Four voyages of Amerigo Vespucci, The United States Catholic Historical Society, 1908. 1507 Waldseemüller Map from the US Library of Congress TOPS Lecture at Library of Congress, Drs.




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