Portuguese Sailor: (Desperately) Mr. Vespucci, I know it was not your intention to lead this expedition, but since this is your third journey, we need you to take control of this ship! Amerigo Vespucci: Only if you insist...I must admit, I do have a good feeling about this trip. Portuguese Sailor: What was it like when you found this place before? Amerigo Vespucci: It was incredible...I hope this journey will prove without a doubt that we have discovered a New World. Then I will be remembered forever! Portuguese Sailor: (Pauses) So how do we do that? Amerigo Vespucci: Why, we’ll sail along the coast and see what we find! Once we know it isn’t just an island, we can be certain that this is a new continent. Narrator #2: Vespucci’s third journey was very successful. In a letter following his third trip, he wrote that he had discovered a “New World.” A few years later, when map-makers were creating a map of Brazil, they named the new continent “America”-a variation of the name Amerigo. .