Vespuccia or America? In the last episode of this fun cartoon, we find out how the name of the new continent now known as "America" came about.
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Caption 18 [en]: In fifteen hundred and one, Vespucci, all alone this time, without Alonso Ojeda, Caption 18 [fr]: En mille cinq cent un, Vespucci, tout seul cette fois, sans Alonso Ojeda,
He may not know it yet, but Amerigo Vespucci's life is about to change. Though he works as a successful banker, Amerigo feels restless and aspires to greater things. Luckily, Lorenzo de' Medici has offered him the opportunity of a lifetime: a trip to Spain to help Christopher Columbus prepare for an expedition to the Indies.
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Caption 31 [en]: And on August third, fourteen hundred ninety-two, Caption 31 [fr]: Et le trois août quatorze cent quatre-vingt-douze,