Amerigo Vespucci Made by Mr. Roper

Columbus believed he had found a new route to ________________________. Until the day Columbus died he thought he had landed in the Indies. News of Columbus’ voyage spread quickly through _____________________________. Other countries in Europe wanted to send ships across the ocean to find the _____________________. Asia Europe Indies

Columbus curious route coast Amerigo Vespucci, from the city of Florence Italy, did not believe that ________________ had landed in the Indies. Vespucci was ___________ about these places and wanted fame for disproving Columbus. In 1499, Vespucci sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on the same __________________ Columbus had sailed. Vespucci sailed down the _____________________ of South America. He was looking for signs that he had reached Asia, as Columbus believed this land to be. Columbus curious route coast

gold Asia half coastline Vespucci did not see things that others had used to describe Asia, such as cities of __________________ and marble, people wearing jewels and cloth of gold. He also realized that _____________ could not be as big as Columbus thought. If Columbus has reached Asia, then that meant that Asia would cover _________________________ the earth. Vespucci also noted that the _____________ was not the same as describe in Asia. gold Asia half coastline

Vespucci concluded that the land they had found had to be another continent, the __________________________________. A German cartographer, or __________________________, drew a map that included the new continent and named the land after Amerigo Vespucci. This is how we got the name for North and South America. New World map maker