Amerigo Vespucci - Italian Explorer & Discovered South America | Mini BIO | BIO

Explorer Amerigo Vespucci was born in 1451 in Italy. On his third voyage, he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro. Believing he had discovered a new continent, he called South America the New World. In 1507, America was named after him. #Biography
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