Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
The Americas were discovered by Christopher Columbus. However, he believed these places were Asia. It was Amerigo Vespucci who pointed out that these were separate continents.
Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer and cartographer, is credited for proving that Columbus had discovered a new continent. He conducted several voyages to the Americas and mapped the coastlines, ultimately demonstrating that Columbus had not reached Asia as originally believed.
Christopher Columbus invaded the Americas in 1492. He is credited with discovering America but this is false as Amerigo Vespucci discovered the Americas.
Columbus discovered Haiti in December 1492. He also discovered Cuba in the same year.
The Americas of course.From Wikipedia:"Columbus's refusal to accept that the lands he had visited and claimed for Spain were not part of Asia might explain, in part, why the American continent was named after the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci and not after Columbus."
Rodrigo de Jerez who sailed in 1492 with Columbus is credited with being the first European smoker,
Columbus is credited with making the European discovery of America, but he did not discover any cities. Cortez and Pissarro discovered and conquered cities in what is now Mexico and Peru
Although Columbus is credited with making the European discovery of America, of which the US is a part, he never set foot on land that is part of any state of the US.
Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering Jamaica in 1494 during his second voyage to the New World.
Francis Drake never discovered America. Christopher Columbus discovered America in 1492. But actually the first to find America was the vikings way back when but Christopher Columbus was credited for the discovery.
Christopher Columbus was an early explorer. He is credited with discovering the Americas.