Amerigo Vespucci was looking for the land Columbus had sailed to (that everyone thought was China). When Amerigo got there he realized it didn't match the descriptions in Marco Polo's book. The land soon got named America after Amerigo.
he was looking for south America. the name came from the explorer Amerigo Vespucci
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He was looking for a new path to get to asia.
the Spice Islands of Asia
Amerigo Vespucci was trying to find a faster way to get to Asia.
Amerigo Vespucci was looking for the land Columbus had sailed to (that everyone thought was China). When Amerigo got there he realized it didn't match the descriptions in Marco Polo's book. The land soon got named America after Amerigo.
He did not invent anything. If you are looking for the map, He did in fact make the "New World" map for South America
Amerigo Vespucci demonstrated that South America was a bigger continent that previously thought, and it wasnt part of , or India itself, but a different continent altogether. The Americas were named after his name: Amerigo.
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