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Facts

Born 1454? • Florence • Italy
Died 1512 • Sevilla • Spain

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Amerigo Vespucci
Marble statue of Amerigo Vespucci standing in a niche, one hand on his chest, at the Uffizi Gallery courtyard in Florence, Italy.
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