Vespucci 's contemporaries were not in thrall to hard facts based on firm evidence .
瓦斯普契的同时代人并不相信有着确凿证据的明确事实。
However , it was another spanish explorer , amerigo vespucci who gave his name to the new continent .
但是,这片新大陆却以另一位西班牙探险家美利哥韦斯普奇的名字来命名。
Even though an italian named amerigo vespucci had started calling it the new world .
即使一个叫做亚美利哥韦斯普奇当时开始叫它“新大陆”。
So vespucci , a florentine adventurer variously in the employ of the portuguese and spanish crowns , met the expectations of the reading public of his day when he let his imagination rip in describing his voyages along the eastern coast of south america .