ItalianAmerica250: Amerigo Vespucci 🇮🇹🇺🇸 THE NAVIGATOR FOR WHOM “AMERICA” WAS NAMED A Florentine explorer and navigator, Amerigo Vespucci was among the first to recognize that the lands reached across the Atlantic were not Asia, but an entirely new continent. Through detailed letters and maps widely circulated across Europe, Vespucci helped redefine the world’s understanding of geography at a pivotal moment in history. His insights reshaped how the New World was seen and led mapmakers to giv

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