Baker, Nina Brown         <br/><br/>
Amerigo Vespucci 
Nina Brown Baker; Illustrated by Paul Valentino  
 - New York   Alfred A. Knopf   1956 
 - 144 p. 
<br/><br/> Includes Index 
<br/><br/> A biography on the explorer financier, navigator and cartographer who first demonstrated that Brazil and the West Indies did not represent Asia's eastern outskirts as initially conjectured from Columbus' voyages, but instead constituted an entirely separate landmass. 
<br/><br/> 8 - 12 years 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Vespucci, Amerigo 1451-1512  --Juvenile literature.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>History --Biography<br/>Explorers.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>j970.016092 Bak    29