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    43-Third Voyage of Vespucci

    enOctober 14, 2014
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    About this Episode

    This voyage would change how the world was viewed, Mundus Novus or “New World” but, who cares, where is that passage to the orient?

    If you would like to read the letters of Vespucci you can find them at: http://mith.umd.edu/eada/html/display.php?docs=vespucci_letters.xml

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