Editing Amerigo Vespucci (section)

===Early career===
In 1478, Guido Antonio Vespucci, Amerigo's other uncle, led a Florentine diplomatic mission to Paris and invited his younger cousin, Amerigo Vespucci, to join him. Amerigo's role is not clear, but it was likely as an attache or private secretary. Along the way they had business in Bologna, Milan, and Lyon. Their objective in Paris was to obtain French support for Florence's war with Naples. [[Louis XI]] was noncommittal and the diplomatic mission returned to Florence in 1481 with little to show for their efforts.{{sfn|Fernández-Armesto|2007|pages=21–24}}{{sfn|Arciniegas|1955}}

After his return from Paris, Amerigo worked for a time with his father and continued his studies in science.{{sfn|Pohl|1944}}{{page needed|date=March 2022}} In 1482, when his father died, Amerigo went to work for [[Lorenzo di Pierfrancesco de' Medici]], head of a junior branch of the Medici family. Although Amerigo was twelve years older, they had been schoolmates under the tutelage of Giorgio Antonio Vespucci. Amerigo served first as a household manager and then gradually took on increasing responsibilities, handling various business dealings for the family both at home and abroad.{{sfn|Fernández-Armesto|2007|pages=34–36}} Meanwhile, he continued to show an interest in geography, at one point buying an expensive map made by the master cartographer [[Gabriel de Vallseca]].{{sfn|Fernández-Armesto|2007|p=87}}{{sfn|Arciniegas|1955}}