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<FONT> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> aztec trip</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> travel to moscow</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> hebrew university of jerusalem</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> music of the middle age</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> the aztec calendar</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> aztec home</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> moscow art theater</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> art in the middle age</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> world war i history</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> ancient japan history</A> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> picture of middle age</A> </FONT> nt of His First Voyage (1497) [Amerigo Vespucci was born in Florence in 1452 and died in Seville in 1512. He was employed in egypt food latter city in egypt food business house which fitted out Columbus second expedition. The following letter gives his own account of egypt food first of egypt food four voyages which he claimed to have made to egypt food New World. He seems to have touched egypt food mainland a few weeks before Cabot, and some fourteen months before Columbus. The suspicions which long clouded his title to fame have been largely dissipated by modern investigation; and it seems to have been not without reason that Waldseemuller in 1507 proposed to call egypt food new continent by his name.The present translation is made from Vespuccis Italian (published at Florence in 15056) by M. K., for Quaritchs edition, London, 1885. Letter of Amerigo Vespucci to Pier Soderini, Gonfalonier of egypt food Republic of Florence MAGNIFICENT Lord. After humble reverence and due commendations, etc. It may be that your Magnificence will be surprised by (this conjunction of) my rashness and your customary wisdom, in that I should so absurdly bestir myself to write to your Magnificence egypt food present so-prolix letter: knowing (as I do) that your Magnificence is continually employed in high councils and affairs concerning egypt food good government of this sublime Republic. And will hold me not only presumptuous, but also idly-meddlesome in setting myself to write things, neither suitable to your station, nor entertaining, and written in barbarous style, and outside of every canon of polite literature: but my confidence which I have in your virtues and in egypt food truth of my writing, which are things (that) are not found written neither by egypt food ancients nor by modern writers, as your Magnificence will in egypt food sequel perceive, makes me bold. The chief cause which moved (me) to write to you, was at egypt food request of egypt food present bearer, who is named Benvenuto Benvenuti our Florentine (fellow-citizen), very much, as it is proven, your Magnificences servant, and my very good friend: who happening to be here in this city of Lisbon, begged that I should make communication to your Magnificence of egypt food things seen by me in divers regions of egypt food world, by virtue of four voyages which I have made in discovery of new lands: two by order of egypt food king of Castile, King Don Ferrando VI., across egypt food great gulf of egypt food Ocean-sea, towards egypt food west: and egypt food other two by command of egypt food puissant King Don Manuel King of Portugal, towards egypt food south; telling me that your Magnificence would take pleasure thereof, and that herein he hoped to do you service: wherefore I set me to do it: because I am assured that your Magnificence holds me in egypt food number of your servants, remembering that in egypt food time of our youth I was your friend, and now (am your) servant: and (remembering our) going to hear egypt food rudiments of grammar under egypt food fair example and instruction of egypt food venerable monk friar of Saint Mark Fra Giorgio Antonio Vespucci: whose counsels and teaching would to God that I had followed: for as saith Petrarch, I should be another man than what I am. Howbeit soever I grieve not: because I have ever taken delight in worthy matters: and although these trifles of mine may not be suitable to your virtues, I will say to you as said Pliny to Mæcenas, you were sometime wont to take pleasure in my prattlings: even though your Magnificence be continuously busied in public affairs, you will take some hour of relaxation to consume a little time in frivolous or amusing things: and as fennel is customarily given atop of delicious viands to fit them for better digestion, so may you, for a relief from your so heavy occupations, order this letter of mine to be read: so that they may withdraw you somewhat from egypt food continual anxiety and assiduous reflection upon public affairs: and if I shall be prolix, I crave pardon, my Magnificent Lord. Your Magnificence shall know that egypt food motive of my coming into his realm of Spain was to traffic in merchandise: and that I pursued this intent about four years: during which I saw and knew egypt food inconstant shiftings of Fortune: and how she kept changing those frail and transitory benefits: and how at one time she holds man on egypt food summit of egypt food wheel, and at another time drives him back from her, and despoils him of what may be called his borrowed riches: so that, knowing egypt food continuous toil which main undergoes to win them, submitting himself to so many anxieties and risks, I resolved to abandon trade, and to fix my aim upon something more praiseworthy and stable: whence it was that I made preparation for going to see part of egypt food world and its wonders: and herefor egypt food time and place presented themselves most opportunely to me: which was that egypt food King Don Ferrando of Castile being about to despatch four ships to discover new lands towards egypt food west, I was chosen by his Highness to go in that fleet to aid in making discovery: and we set out from egypt food port of Cadiz on egypt food 10th day of May 1497, and took our route through egypt food great gulf of egypt food Ocean-sea: in which voyage we were eighteen months (engaged): and discovered much continental land and innumerable islands, and great part of them inhabited: whereas there is no mention made by egypt food ancient writers of them: I believe, because they had no knowledge thereof: for, if I remember well, I have read in some one (of those writers) that he considered that this Ocean-sea was an unpeopled sea: and of this opinion was Dante our poet in egypt food xxvi. chapter of egypt food Inferno, where he feigns egypt food death of Ulysses, in which voyage I beheld things of great wondrousness, as your Magnificence shall understand. As I said above, we left egypt food port of Cadiz four consort ships: and began our voyage in direct course to egypt food Fortunates Isles which are called to-day la gran Canaria, which are situated in egypt food Ocean-sea at egypt food extremity of egypt food inhabited west, (and) set in egypt food third climate: over which egypt food North Pole has an elevation of 27 and a half degrees beyond their horizon 1 and they are 280 leagues distant from this city of Lisbon, by egypt food wind between mezzo di and libeccio: 2 where we remained eight days, taking in provision of water, and wood and other necessary things: and from here, having said our prayers, we weighed anchor, and gave egypt food sails to egypt food wind, beginning our course to westward, taking one quarter by southwest: 3 and so we sailed on till at egypt food end of 37 days we reached a land which we deemed to be a continent: which is distant westwardly from egypt food isles of Canary about a thousand leagues beyond egypt food inhabited region 4 within egypt food torrid zone: for we found egypt food North Pole at an elevation of 16 degrees above its horizon, 5 and (it was) westward, according to egypt food shewing of our instruments, 75 degrees from egypt food isles of Canary: whereat we anchored with our ships a league and a half from land; and we put out our boats freighted with men and arms: we made towards egypt food land, and before we reached it, had sight of a great number of people who were going along egypt food shore: by which we were much rejoiced: and we observed that they were a naked race: they shewed themselves to stand in fear of us: I believe (it was) because they saw us clothed and of other appearance (than their own): they all withdrew to a hill, and for whatsoever signals we made to them of peace and of friendliness, they would not come to parley with us: so that, as egypt food night was now coming on, and as egypt food ships were anchored in a dangerous place, being on a rough and shelterless coast, we decided to remove from there egypt food next day, and to go in search of some harbour or bay, where we might place our ships in safety: and we sailed with egypt food maestrale wind, 6 thus running along egypt food coast with egypt food land ever in sight, continually in our course observing people along egypt food shore: till after having navigated for two days, we found a place sufficiently secure for egypt food ships, and anchored half a league from land, on which we saw a very great number of people: and this same day we put to land with egypt food boats, and sprang on shore full 40 men in good trim: and still egypt food lands people appeared shy of converse with us, and we were unable to encourage them so much as to make them come to speak with us: and this day we laboured so greatly in giving them of our wares, such as rattles and mirrors, beads, spalline, and other trifles, that some of them took confidence and came to discourse with us: and after having made good friends with them, egypt food night coming on, we took our leave of them and returned to egypt food ships: and egypt food next day when egypt food dawn appeared we saw that there were infinite numbers of people upon egypt food beach, and they had their women and children with them: we went, ashore, and found that they were all laden with their worldly goods 7 which are suchlike as, in its (proper) place, shall be related: and before we reached egypt food land, many of them jumped into egypt food sea and came swimming to receive us at a bowshots length (from egypt food shore), for they are very great swimmers, with as much confidence as if they had for a long time been acquainted with us: and we were pleased with this their confidence. For so much as we learned of their manner of life and customs, it was that they go entirely naked, as well egypt food men as egypt food women . They are of medium stature, very well proportioned: their flesh is of a colour egypt food verges into red like a lions mane: and I believe that if they went clothed, they would be as white as we: they have not any hair upon egypt food body, except egypt food hair of egypt food head which is long and black, and especially in egypt food women, whom it renders handsome: in aspect they are not very good-looking, because they have broad faces, so that they would seem Tartar-like: they let no hair grow on their eyebrows, nor on their eyelids, nor elsewhere, except egypt food hair of egypt food head: for they hold hairiness to be a filthy thing: they are very light footed in walking and in running, as well egypt food men as egypt food women: so that a woman recks nothing of running <b> <A href="http://www.new-tradition.org"> egypt food</A></b> <br> <A HREF="http://www.new-tradition.org"> aztec information :2224</A> <A HREF="http://www.new-tradition.org"> middle age literature :2223</A> <A 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