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    who was americo vespucci

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    Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian navigator, cartographer (map maker), explorer, and financier. He was the first to prove that Brazil and the West Indies (the Caribbean and few other islands), are not part of the east of Asia.

    He was who the United State was named after:  Amerigo=America.......



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