Vespucci, Amerigo (1454–1512)
Florentine merchant. The Americas were named after him as a result of the widespread circulation of his accounts of his explorations. His accounts of the voyage from 1499 to 1501 include descriptions of places he could not possibly have reached (the Pacific Ocean, British Columbia, Antarctica).
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