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Amerigo Vespucci's letters describing the New World as a distinct continent shifted the perception of the Spanish from initially thinking they had reached Asia to the realization of a separate landmass. His key discovery was recognizing that the lands explored by Columbus were actually part of a new continent, leading to the use of the name "America" in his honor.

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