Landing of Amerigo Vespucci on the Continent
Landing of Amerigo Vespucci on the Continent, 1501"1502. Vespuccis exploration of Brazil and the West Indies established that a newly found large landmass, Brazil, was not near Asia, as thought by Columbus, but were a separate continent previously unknown to Europe
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13125966
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45376936
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2700px x 1709px
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Credit
Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
Source
Courtesy Everett Collection
