on his journey Amerigo Vespucci discovered North and South America. by Maggie McManus, age 10
Amerigo Vespucci sailed under the Portuguese.
Amerigo Vespucci claimed North and South America for Spain.
Amerigo Vespucci is known for discovering that the land explored by Christopher Columbus in the Americas was actually a new continent, separate from Asia. This realization led to the use of the term "America" in his honor to refer to the newly discovered lands.
Amerigo Vespucci did not discover Brazil. Brazil was actually first discovered by Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral in 1500. Amerigo Vespucci explored parts of South America, but did not reach as far as Brazil.
Amerigo Vespucci found South America
Amerigo Vespucci discovered that Asia was not a part of America. America was named after him.
When Amerigo Vespucci sailed to America, it was his first voyage and his second expedition was to South America.
Amerigo Vespucci discovered South and North America.
he was looking for south America. the name came from the explorer Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci discovered South America and the entirety of the Western Hemisphere was named after him.
Amerigo Vespucci was the first to discover that North and South America was not part of Asia, and therefore America is named after him.