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back by contrary winds and currents. Upon
his return, he wrote a dry description of the
voyage to his patron, Lorenzo de’ Medici:
We discovered immense regions, saw a vast
number of people, all naked, and speaking
various languages. On the land we saw many(^42) B Discovery of the Americas, 1492–1800
Amerigo Vespucci briefly explored parts of the Amazon River during his 1499 voyage. His later journeys took
him to parts of South America. Included in a 1624 publication, this map shows the northern coast of South
America, including the mouths of the Orinoco and Amazon Rivers.(Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs
Division [LC-USZ62-71982])
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