What were some of Amerigo Vespucci's contributions?

Amerigo Vespucci realized the land he was exploring was a separate continent and not part of Asia, as he and many others believed at the time. read more

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian member of a Portuguese expedition explored south America discovery suggested that the expedition had found a "new world" after an account of Vespucci's 1947 expedition was published, a cartographer mistakenly thought that Vespucci had led the expedition and had landed in the new world before Christopher Columbus; the cartographer named the continent America. read more

Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian born explorer and map-maker. He was hired as a navigator for the Spanish. The American continents are named after him, possibly because he was one of the first people to survey the coasts of the landmasses. read more

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