Biographical dossier

Amerigo Vespucci

Amerigo Vespucci is classified in the historical people index as EXPLORER. This dossier preserves the indexed life dates and geographic anchors while explicitly marking what the source does not supply.

Record details
Research ID
catholon:person:person:wd:Q47674
Catalogue ID
person:wd:Q47674
Wikidata ID
Q47674
Occupation class
EXPLORER
Life span
AD 1454–AD 1512
Birth anchor
Republic of Florence (AD 1454)
Death anchor
Seville (AD 1512)
HPI
87.82188573517557

Chronological record

The dataset places the life between AD 1454 and AD 1512. These indexed dates are identity and chronology fields, not a substitute for a critical biography.

Geographic anchors

Birth: Republic of Florence (AD 1454). Death: Seville (AD 1512).

Country keys are dataset keys and must not be mistaken for the historical boundaries that existed during the person’s lifetime.

Historical role

The source assigns the broad occupation class EXPLORER. It does not by itself establish doctrine, sanctity, political legitimacy, responsibility for every event associated with the person, or the exact scope of an office.

Source and identity method

Source: PANTHEON_2_2020. Identity method: pantheon_wikidata_qid. Language-edition measure: 12.803956513410624.

Research questions

  1. Which primary sources are contemporary with this person?
  2. Which office, community or institution gives the person historical agency?
  3. How do later confessional, national or ideological narratives reshape the record?
  4. Which places on the atlas are genuine life anchors and which are later reception sites?