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Amerigo Vespucci: Facts, Biography & Naming of America
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Amerigo Vespucci: Facts, Biography & Naming of America
By Jessie Szalay, LiveScience Contributor | September 20, 2017 08:30pm ET


Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci is best known for his namesake: the continents of North and South America. But why were these continents named after him, especially since his voyages happened after Christopher Columbus' famed 1492 sail on the ocean blue?

 https://www.livescience.com/42510-amerigo-vespucci.html

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Re: Amerigo Vespucci: Facts, Biography & Naming of America
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2017, 01:03:00 am »
Very good article, read it all!