Amerigo Vespucci ship (Wallpaper 2)
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
image dimensions : 1092 x 682
Amerigo Vespucci ship (wallpaper 2)
Amerigo Vespucci ship images wallpaper gallery 2. Amerigo Vespucci ship pictures and images collection 2.
Sailing ship. The second ship was the Amerigo Vespucci. It was built in 1930 at the (formerly Royal) Naval Shipyard of Castellammare di Stabia (Naples); she was launched on February 22, 1931, and was put into service in July of that year. The vessel is a full rigged three-masted steel hull 82.4 m (270.34 ft) long, with an overall length of 101 m (331 ft) including the bowsprit and a maximum width of 15.5 m (51 ft). She has a draught of about 7 metres (23 ft) and a displacement at full load of 4146 tons. Under auxiliary diesel-electric propulsion power, the Amerigo Vespucci reaches a top speed of 10 knots and has an autonomy of 5450 nm (at 6.5 knots). (born 1454?, Florence — died 1512, Sevilla) Italian-born Spanish navigator and explorer of the New World. He entered the Medici family business and in 1491 was sent to Sevilla, where he helped outfit the ships for the expeditions of Christopher Columbus. Amerigo Vespucci ship (wallpaper 2). Amerigo Vespucci ship images wallpaper gallery 2. Amerigo Vespucci ship pictures and images collection 2. By 1496 he was manager of the Sevilla agency. He took part in two (or four — the number is disputed) voyages to the New World; he was navigator on a Spanish expedition (1499 – 1500) that probably discovered the mouth of the Amazon River, and he led a Portuguese expedition (1501 – 02) that discovered Guanabara Bay (Rio de Janeiro) and the Río de la Plata. In the accounts of the voyages (published 1507), the terms America and New World were first used to describe the lands visited by Amerigo Vespucci (in Latin, Americus Vespucius). As chief navigator for the Sevilla-based Commercial House for the West Indies (from 1508), he prepared maps of newly discovered lands from data supplied by ships' captains. The father of Amerigo Vespucci was Nastagio Vespucci, and his uncle was the learned Dominican Giorgio Antonio Vespucci, who had charge of Amerigo's education. The entire family was cultured and friendly with the Medici rulers of Florence. Domenico Ghirlandaio painted Amerigo in a family portrait when the youth was about 19. However, the explorer had reached his 40s at the time he began voyaging to America, so Ghirlandaio furnishes only an approximate idea of Vespucci's mature appearance. It is known that Vespucci visited France, in his uncle's company, when about 24, and that his father intended him for a business career. He did engage in commerce, first in Florence and then in Seville in a Medici branch bank. Later, in Seville, he entered a mercantile partnership with a fellow Florentine, Gianetto Berardi, and this lasted until Berardi's death at the end of 1495. Amerigo Vespucci ship (wallpaper 2). Amerigo Vespucci ship images wallpaper gallery 2. Amerigo Vespucci ship pictures and images collection 2.
Amerigo Vespucci (wallpaper 1)Amerigo Vespucci ship images wallpaper gallery 2. Amerigo Vespucci ship pictures and images collection 2.
Sailing ship. The second ship was the Amerigo Vespucci. It was built in 1930 at the (formerly Royal) Naval Shipyard of Castellammare di Stabia (Naples); she was launched on February 22, 1931, and was put into service in July of that year. The vessel is a full rigged three-masted steel hull 82.4 m (270.34 ft) long, with an overall length of 101 m (331 ft) including the bowsprit and a maximum width of 15.5 m (51 ft). She has a draught of about 7 metres (23 ft) and a displacement at full load of 4146 tons. Under auxiliary diesel-electric propulsion power, the Amerigo Vespucci reaches a top speed of 10 knots and has an autonomy of 5450 nm (at 6.5 knots). (born 1454?, Florence — died 1512, Sevilla) Italian-born Spanish navigator and explorer of the New World. He entered the Medici family business and in 1491 was sent to Sevilla, where he helped outfit the ships for the expeditions of Christopher Columbus. Amerigo Vespucci ship (wallpaper 2). Amerigo Vespucci ship images wallpaper gallery 2. Amerigo Vespucci ship pictures and images collection 2. By 1496 he was manager of the Sevilla agency. He took part in two (or four — the number is disputed) voyages to the New World; he was navigator on a Spanish expedition (1499 – 1500) that probably discovered the mouth of the Amazon River, and he led a Portuguese expedition (1501 – 02) that discovered Guanabara Bay (Rio de Janeiro) and the Río de la Plata. In the accounts of the voyages (published 1507), the terms America and New World were first used to describe the lands visited by Amerigo Vespucci (in Latin, Americus Vespucius). As chief navigator for the Sevilla-based Commercial House for the West Indies (from 1508), he prepared maps of newly discovered lands from data supplied by ships' captains. The father of Amerigo Vespucci was Nastagio Vespucci, and his uncle was the learned Dominican Giorgio Antonio Vespucci, who had charge of Amerigo's education. The entire family was cultured and friendly with the Medici rulers of Florence. Domenico Ghirlandaio painted Amerigo in a family portrait when the youth was about 19. However, the explorer had reached his 40s at the time he began voyaging to America, so Ghirlandaio furnishes only an approximate idea of Vespucci's mature appearance. It is known that Vespucci visited France, in his uncle's company, when about 24, and that his father intended him for a business career. He did engage in commerce, first in Florence and then in Seville in a Medici branch bank. Later, in Seville, he entered a mercantile partnership with a fellow Florentine, Gianetto Berardi, and this lasted until Berardi's death at the end of 1495. Amerigo Vespucci ship (wallpaper 2). Amerigo Vespucci ship images wallpaper gallery 2. Amerigo Vespucci ship pictures and images collection 2.
Amerigo Vespucci (wallpaper 3)
Amerigo Vespucci (wallpaper 4)
Labels: Amerigo Vespucci ship
|
|
<< Home