Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . chAmerigo calls his second voyage, falsely representing that he himself had thecommand of six vessels. He sailed may 20, 1499, under the command of Ojeda,and proceeded to the Antilles islands, and thence to the coast of Guiana andVenezuela, and returned to Cadiz in November, 1500, After his return, Eman-uel, king of Portugal, who was
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . chAmerigo calls his second voyage, falsely representing that he himself had thecommand of six vessels. He sailed may 20, 1499, under the command of Ojeda,and proceeded to the Antilles islands, and thence to the coast of Guiana andVenezuela, and returned to Cadiz in November, 1500, After his return, Eman-uel, king of Portugal, who was jealous of the success and glory of Spain, invitedhim to his kingdom, and gave him the command of three ships to make a thirdvoyage of discovery. He sailed from Lisbon, May 10, 1501, and ran downthe coasts of Africa as far as Sierra Leone and the coast of Angola, and thenpassed over to Brazil in South America, and continued his discoveries to thesouth as far as Patagonia. He then returned to Sierra Leone and the coastof Guinea, and entered again the port of Lisbon, September 7, 1502. King Emanuel, highly gratified by his success, equipped for him six ships,with which he sailed on his fourth and last voyage, May 10, 1503. It was his 84 AMERICUS Americus Vespuciua. * object to discover a western passage to the Molucca islands. He passed thecoasts of Africa, and entered the bay of All Saints in Brazil. Having provisionfor only twenty months, and being detained on the coast of Brazil by bad weatherand contrary winds five months, he formed the resolution of returning to Portu-gal, where he arrived June 14, 1504. As he carried home with him consider-able quantities of the Brazil wood, and other articles of value, he was receivedwith joy. It was soon after this period, that he wrote an account of his fourvoyages. The work was dedicated to Rene II., duke of Lorraine, who tookthe title of the king of Sicily, and died December 10, 1508. It was probablypublished about the yea
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