Amerigo Vespucci discovered South America

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• Amerigo Vespucci — • Biographical article on the Italian navigator (1451 1512) Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Amerigo Vespucci     Amerigo Vespucci      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• South America — South American. a continent in the S part of the Western Hemisphere. 271,000,000; ab. 6,900,000 sq. mi. (17,871,000 sq. km). * * * Continent, Western Hemisphere. The world s fourth largest continent, it is bounded by the Caribbean Sea to the… …   Universalium

• South America — is a continent of the Americas, situated entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a relatively small portion in the Northern Hemisphere. It is bordered on the west by the Pacific Ocean and on the north and… …   Wikipedia

• Amerigo Vespucci — Infobox Person name = Amerigo Vespucci caption = Statue at the Uffizi, Florence. birth date = birth date|1454|3|9 birth place = Florence, Italy death date = death date and age|1512|2|22|1454|3|9 death place = Seville, Spain other names = Américo… …   Wikipedia

• Amerigo Vespucci (disambiguation) — The explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci was the first person to suggest that the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 was not an extension of Asia, but rather an entirely new continent. The continents of North and South… …   Wikipedia

• America — • Consists of three main divisions: North America, Central America, and South America Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. America     America      …   Catholic encyclopedia

• America — [ə mer′i kə] [ModL, name assoc. (1507) by Martin Waldseemüller (1470? 1522?), Ger cosmographer, with Americus Vespucius, Latinized form of VESPUCCI Amerigo, but < ? Sp Amerrique, name of a mountain range in Nicaragua, used by early explorers… …   English World dictionary

• Vespucci, Amerigo — born 1454, Florence died 1512, Sevilla Italian born Spanish navigator and explorer of the New World. He entered the Medici family business and in 1491 was sent to Sevilla, where he helped outfit the ships for the expeditions of Christopher… …   Universalium

• History of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands — The history of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is relatively recent. When European explorers found the islands, they were uninhabited, and their hostile climate, mountainous terrain, and remoteness made subsequent settlement… …   Wikipedia

• United States (of America) — the Uˌnited ˈStates (of Aˈmerica) noun (abbr. (the) US, (the) USA) a large country in N America consisting of 50 states and the District of Columbia  Although Unit …   Useful english dictionary

• European exploration — Introduction       the exploration of regions of the Earth for scientific, commercial, religious, military, and other purposes by Europeans beginning in the 15th century.       The motives that spur human beings to examine their environment are… …   Universalium