●Columbus changed the way Europeans thought about the world●It took an entire generation to understand Columbus's discovery●By 1500 people began to suspect that the new land to the west was not Asia●In 1507 Martin Walseemuller published a map that depicted the New World as separate from Asia●He named it America in honor of Amerigo Vespucci●Two additional discoveries confirmed Walseemuller's beliefs●In 1513 Vasco Nunez de Balboa crossed the Central American isthmus and found the Pacific ocean●Ferdinand Magellan in 1519 set out to circumnavigate the globe funded by Spain●He was killed by Philippine tribesmen●Only 18 men survived out of the 250 that left and one of the five ships made it back, but they did succeed

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