What was the original name of the Amazon River?

Answer 1

On 26 December 1541, Francisco de Orellana accepted an expedition to conquer new lands for the King of Spain. He and 49 men journeyed 600 km down the Napo River, constantly threatened by the Omaguas Indians they reached a major confluence, at a point near modern Iquitos, and then followed what is now known as the Amazon River for a further 1200 km to its confluence with the Negro River (near modern Manaus), which they reached on 3 June 1542. This area around the Amazon was dominated by the Icamiaba natives, who were mistaken for fierce female warriors by the members of the expedition. Orellana later narrated the belligerent victory of the Icamiaba women over the Spanish invaders to Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor, who, recalling the Amazons of Greek mythology, baptized the river Amazonas, the name by which it is still known.

Taken from Wikipedia.

Answer 2

The Amazon River was named by Spanish explorer Fransisco de Orellana in 1541. The name was in honor of the female warriors he encountered on his voyage through the territory previously called Maranon.

Answer 3

the name amazon arises from a battle which Fransisco de Orellana had with a tribe of Tapuyas where the women of the tribe fought alongside the men, as was custom among the entire tribe. Orellana derived the name Amazonas from the ancient Amazons of Africa and Asia described by Herodotus and Diodorus.

Answer 4

A sign of a wooden cross marks the Huarco as the source of the Amazon River in Arequipa, Peru. Its geographic coordinates are 15 degrees 31 minutes 31 seconds South and 71 degrees 41 minutes 27 seconds West. It originates as a glacial stream from the Apacheta Cliff on Nevado Mismi, a snowcapped peak, in the Peruvian Andes.

Nevado Mismi has a height of 18,360 feet [5,597 meters; almost 3.5 miles]. Nevado Mismi is about 99 miles [160 kilometers] west of Lake Titicaca. It's about 430 miles [700 kilometers] southeast of Lima, Peru.

The origin was identified by a scientific expedition led by Jean-Michel Cousteau [b. May 6, 1938] in 1982. The origin was verified in 2001 by the National Geographic Society.

Answer 5

The length of the Amazon River is 6,575 km or 4,086 miles.

Source: S. Liu, P. Lu, D. Liu, P. Jin, W. Wang, Pinpointing the sources and measuring the lengths of the principal rivers of the world, International Journal of Digital Earth, Volume 2, Issue 1 March 2009 , pages 80 - 87,DOI: 10.1080/1753894090274608

Answer 6

because its in the amazon

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Not really, it was named after a Hero in South America

in Greek mythology it is an aggressive large woman and the amazon was probably named by the Izak's (not sure about the name but lived in the amazon) meaning abundant green or boat destroyer

There you go.

Answer 7

well the original name was Aidan river after princess aidan jr.

Answer 8

Amazon River from the Indian ~ Amassona 'boat destroyer'

Answer 9

i think it's because the amazon tribe was in that area.(i'm not sure about this.check the internet or something