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Why did amerigo vespucci receive more recognition for the discovery of america than did columbus?
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Why did amerigo vespucci receive more recognition for the discovery of america than did columbus?

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Many accounts place the sail date in 1499, seven years after Columbus landed in the Bahamas. On the 1499 voyage, Vespucci sailed to the northern part of South America and into the Amazon River.
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