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'''Amerigo Vespucci''' (Florence 1451 - Seville 1512) was a [[merchant]]/[[explorer]] who claimed that he had discovered [[America]]. The "New World", America, was named after Vespucci.<ref>http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/vespucci.html</ref> The name "America" was adopted by [[South America]] and gradually expanded to include [[North America]] as well.  Amerigo traveled to the New World in 1499 landing in the northeastern portion of South America and voyaged again in 1502.  He is credit as being the first person to realize that he was landing on a new continent and not a part of [[Asia]].<ref>http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-method-4-dsid-2222-dekey-Amerigo+Vespucci-gwp-8-curtab-2222_1</ref>

'''Amerigo Vespucci''' (Florence 1451 - Seville 1512) was a [[merchant]]/[[explorer]] who claimed that he had discovered [[America]]. The "New World", America, was named after Vespucci.<ref>http://library.thinkquest.org/4034/vespucci.html</ref> The name "America" was adopted by [[South America]] and gradually expanded to include [[North America]] as well.  Amerigo traveled to the New World in 1499 landing in the northeastern portion of South America and voyaged again in 1502.  He is credit as being the first person to realize that he was landing on a new continent and not a part of [[Asia]].<ref>http://www.answers.com/main/ntq-method-4-dsid-2222-dekey-Amerigo+Vespucci-gwp-8-curtab-2222_1</ref>