
*posthumous painting*
(~1568)
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*italian explorer*
(β1454β β β1512β)
(first demonstrated that βbrazilβ + βthe west indiesβ did not constitute the βeastern coastβ of βasiaβ)
(as βcolumbusβ had concluded)
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βwaldseemullerβ
(german cartographer)
(1507 map of the americas)
(named the new landmass βamericaβ in honor of βamerigo vespucciβ)
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