Amerigo Vespucci helped Christopher Columbus prepare for one of his voyages. (Biography.com) Other things Vespucci did were popularizing the idea of the “New World”, getting the “New World” named after him, and inspiring others to voyage to the new land. Amerigo Vespucci impacted people's understanding of the world during the age of exploration. Vespucci was possibly influenced by people like Columbus and Marco Polo. After Columbus came back from his first voyage Vespucci had a conversation which was the main reason he went on his voyages. (Biography.com) Vespucci was the main reason people believed that the land they found was not Asia, but another continent. Vespucci went on three voyages to the Americas. Supposedly finds the mouth of the