Amerigo Vespucci | PBS World Explorers

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pbs world explorers amerigo vespucci italian explorer geographer americas new world continent amazon river south america southern hemisphere
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History-Social Science
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Amerigo Vespucci | PBS World Explorers

Amerigo Vespucci was the first person to realize that the land across the Atlantic was not Asia, but a new continent. Vespucci explored the South American coast, journeying down to the Amazon river. 
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