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Juan Díaz de Solís: The Navigator of the Río de la Plata

Juan Díaz de Solís: The Navigator of the Río de la Plata Juan Díaz de Solís (c. 1470 – January 20, 1516) was a prominent 16th-century navigator and explorer whose voyages bridged the mari...

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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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