Vespucci, who explored South America between 1497 and 1502, was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a different landmass previously unknown by Europeans.
Vespucio, que explorou América do Sur entre 1497 e 1502, foi o primeiro europeo en suxerir que América non eran as Indias Orientais senón un novo mundo descoñecido para os europeos.