Amerigo (or Americo) Vespucci. He realised that Columbus had in fact landed on a new continent.
America was named after Vespucci :)
No Columbus was an Italian born sailor he had nothing to do with the Knights Templar
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Yes, his family were Spanish nobility. Historians now believe he took on the persona of an Italian sailor because he needed the backing of the Spanish crown, but his family were rivals of the crown.
Christopher Columbus
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Who was the Italian sailor who had a continent named after him
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci (America)
Amerigo Vespucci
No Columbus was an Italian born sailor he had nothing to do with the Knights Templar
Christopher Columbus, an Italian explorer.
Columbus
Amerigo Vespucci was the one who pointed out that Christopher Columbus had discovered a new continent. This is why the two continents of North and South America are named after him: Amerigo ---> America.
Christopher Columbus
Cristoforo Colombo, otherwise known as Christopher Columbus.
Yes ofcource Columbus dad was a sailor.
I think you are rerring to Christopher Columbus. He was an Italian sailor, and he discovered the Americas.