FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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Vespucci
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Polo
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Balboa
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Magellan
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Detailed explanation-1: -Amerigo Vespucci made about 3 to 4 voyages and landed on mainland America. He realised Columbus had not reached Asia but landed on a new continent. He named it “New World".
Detailed explanation-2: -And that was the realization that what he was looking at was not India at all, but an entirely new continent. He verified the fact by following the coast of South America down to within 400 miles of Tierra del Fuego. Columbus found the new world, but Vespucci was the man who recognized that it was a new world.
Detailed explanation-3: -Waldseemüller named the new lands “America” on his 1507 map in the recognition of Vespucci’s understanding that a new continent had been uncovered following Columbus’ and subsequent voyages in the late 15th century.
Detailed explanation-4: -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, while journeying down to the Amazon river. Part of the “World Explorers” series.