Mundus Novus

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Amerigo Vespucci: The Navigator Who Named the New World

Amerigo Vespucci: The Navigator Who Named the New World Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, merchant, and cartographer whose voyages and writings fundamentally changed how Europeans...

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Mundus Novus and the Geographical Shift to the New World

The New World: Exploring the Origins and Meaning of Mundus Novus For centuries, the European understanding of the globe was limited to three known landmasses: Africa, Asia, and Europe. Co...

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