He remained pilot major until his death on February 22, 1512, a month short of his fifty-eighth birthday.
Death.
I know that several letters are attributed to Amerigo Vespucci and that his life is a bit of a mystery. At the end of the day, did Amerigo Vespucci really know that he discovered a new continent?
Simonetta was Botticelli’s …
Simonetta Cattaneo de Vespucci (1453 – 26 April 1476), nicknamed la bella Simonetta,was an Italian noblewoman from Genoa, the wife of Marco Vespucci and the cousin-in-law of Amerigo Vespucci, Italian explorer, navigator & cartographer. When Berardi died, either at the end of 1495 or at the beginning of 1496, Vespucci became manager of the Sevilla agency. She was carried through the city in an open coffin for all to admire, and there may have existed a posthumous cult about her in Florence. His cause of death was malaria, and he was aged 57 at the time of his death. Amerigo Vespucci passed away on February 22nd, in 1512.
She was twenty-two at the time of her death. His cause of death was malaria, and he was aged 57 at … During his last years, Amerigo held the office of pilot major, and it became his duty to train pilots, examine them for ability in their craft, and collect data regarding New World navigation. Simonetta Vespucci died just one year later, most likely from tuberculosis, on the night of 26–27 April 1476. Her husband remarried soon afterward. Later Vespucci was to collaborate, still with Berardi, in the preparation of a ship for Columbus’s second expedition and of others for his third.