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What did the European Explorers call North America once they landed there in the 1400s?

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The New World

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The naming of the Americas, or America, occurred shortly after Christopher Columbus' voyage to the Americas in 1492. It is generally accepted that the name derives from Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer, who explored the new continents in the following years.

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The Europeans called them Indians
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