Hello, I'm Amerigo Vespucci! I was born on March 9, 1451. I am an Italian explorer, financier, navigator, and cartographer. I am the third son of Sir Anatasio. I was born to a prominent family in Florence, Italy. I have been very well educated by my uncle. As a child, I read widely and collected books and maps. I worked in Seville, Spain. There I learned about the voyages of exploration and the men who were searching for a Northwest passage to the Indies.
I have an older brother named Max. He is five years older than me, and we don't really get along. When I was nine years old and he was fourteen, he pushed me down our neighbors' dried up well. He told my parents that I was at my best friends house, Jacopo. Max told my parents that I was staying at his house for three days, so they didn't think that I was missing. After four days, my momma showed up at Jacopo's house. She asked where I was. He said that he had not seen me for five days. In a panic, my mom ran home to Max. "Where is your little brother?!" she screamed. "I don't know" he lied. My parents started a search party looking everywhere for me. Almost a week after my disappearence, Jacopo found me. he screamed, "I found him! I found him!" Another hour later, my father fished me out of the well. I was unconscious. I hadn't had any food in a week, and I had barely had any water since the well was drying out. When my parents demanded an explaination, I told them what Max had done to me. They said that he would have to cook, clean, and behave for a month. I didn't think the punishment was severe enough considering what I had to go through. The accident left me extremely claustrophobic. I have been ever since.
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