ocr: Yespucci, Amerigo Vespucci, Amerigo (1454-1512), Italian sailor, merchant and explorer whose name was given to the New World as "America. > Vespucci's first connection to exploration wasas - a supplier of goods to Columbus. He became chief navigator for the Medici Bank, making maps of the lands discovered by Columbus and other explorers. He claimed to have made four voyages to the west, although most scholars discredit these claims. They do agree, however, that on the expedition led by Alonso de Ojeda in 1499. - 1500, Vespucci did explore a large section of the northern coast of South America. ...
