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The New World was named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who played a significant role in demonstrating that the lands discovered by Christopher Columbus were part of a separate continent, distinct from Asia. His accounts and maps were published in the early 1500s, leading to the use of the name "America" to refer to the newly discovered lands. The name first appeared on a map in 1507, created by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller.

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