Italian explorer who "discovered" the New World (for Spain) while looking for a route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
Mapmaker and explorer who said that America was a new continent, so America was named after him.
Amerigo Vespucci
Portuguese navigator who led the Spanish expedition of 1519-1522 that was the first to sail around the world. He didn't make it to the end, but a part of his crew did
Ferdinand Magellan
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