vespuche

Updated: July 21, 2025

There is a royal order, dated Toro, 11th April, 1507, for 12,000 maravedis for an outfit for "Americo de Vespuche, resident of Seville." Preparations were made for this voyage, and vessels procured and fitted out, but it was eventually abandoned.

Washington Irving - The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)