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may 10, 1497 - Amerigo Vespucci finds America

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Before Amerigo Vespucci, Europe believed that Columbus found a Western route to India but really he had only landed on an unknown piece of land. Amerigo Vespucci had clarified Columbus' mistake and was honored by having 2 of the 7 Continents named after him.

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may 10, 1497
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~ 528 years ago