Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus accidentally discovered America for Spain.
Christopher Columbus!
Christopher Columbus was an explorer and a navigator. He is well known for his exploration of going out west.
None of the Spanish Explorers discovered Jamaica, But Christopher Columbus discovered the Bahamas and claimed them for Spain-Not Jamaica.
Ferdinand Magellan
Yes, Amerigo Vespucci died in 1512 on land in Seville, Spain, and not on a ship. He was an Italian explorer known for popularizing the idea that the newly discovered lands by Europeans were part of a separate continent and not connected to Asia.
He was Italian, but sailed for Spain. ----- Amerigo Vespucci was from the Republic of Florence, a country in what is now Italy. He sailed for Portugal on one voyage and for Spain on another. He might have gone on other expeditions, but they are not recorded outside letters thought to be forgeries, so they may not have existed.
Christopher Colombus Columbus was Italian using finances from Spain.
The Italian explorer and cartographer that worked at the service of Spain was called Amerigo Vespucci, he was the first one that established that the new territories were not part of the India's, as Columbus believed, but instead an completely new place.
The European explorer who discovered the Philippines and claimed them for King Philip II of Spain was Ferdinand Magellan in 1521. Magellan's expedition marked the beginning of Spanish colonization in the Philippines.
The Rio Grande area was claimed by Spain in 1598. It was discovered by the Spanish explorer Juan de Onate.
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