Amerigo. Chelovek, kotoryi dal svoe imia Amerike - Fernandes-Armes

Amerigo Vespucci is the same man who gave his name to America in 1507. Whether he deserved the whole continent to be named after him or not, the controversy has not subsided to this day. In this first critical biography of Vespucci, we follow him from Florence Lorenzo de Medici to Seville Ferdinand and Isabella, across the Atlantic of Columbus to meet our hero with the New World on the other side of the ocean.
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Vespucci's image of a swell remains as elusive as in the Florentine half-light of his youth - but we get to know him for the first time.
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.No matter how little we knew about what happened to Vespucci and his own actions, but after reading this book the reader will better understand both the famous Florentine and the era of great geographical discoveries.