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Revisiting Amerigo Vespucci’s biography and his role in the discovery of America

Pietro Omodeo: Amerigo Vespucci e l’annuncio del Nuovo Mondo. Roma: Editoriale Artemide, 2017, 166pp, €18 PB

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  1. Universidad Nacional de San Martín (Escuela de Humanidades), Martín de Irigoyen 3100, 1650 San Martín, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Silvina Paula Vidal

  2. CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Silvina Paula Vidal

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Vidal, S.P. Revisiting Amerigo Vespucci’s biography and his role in the discovery of America. Metascience 27, 301–304 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11016-018-0311-5

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