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Internet says: On February 22, 1512, Amerigo Vespucci died of malaria in Seville, Spain. He was just a month shy of 58 years old.
Buzztime says: eaten by cannibals

The question asked about Verrazzano.

And that Q was actually in BrainBuster.

I must have won too many shots in the bar trivia game. This week's category was "awards."

Perennial sophomore that I am, I'm supporting XTRAIN, that Verrazzano or Vespucci, whatever his name was, wasn't eaten but rather executed as a pirate.

Map the east coast of what would, 250 years later, become the east coast of the United States, and what thanks do you get for it? "We like your work, Verrazzano, but you're not quite ready for prime time. We would be happy to consider any future material you may wish to submit." Such is the life of the freelance.

Another 250 years, and Verrazzano gets a bridge named for him. In New York City, no less. Go figure.