Amerigo Vespucci
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(1451-1512) Amerigo Vespucci was a merchant/explorer who claimed that he had discovered America. In 1507, someone suggested that the "New World" should be named America, after Vespucci. The name "America" was adopted by South America and gradually expanded to include North America as well.