While it is commonly believed that the continent of America is named after 15th-16th century cartographer Amerigo Vespucci, there is growing evidence that it is in fact named after Welshman Richard Ameryk, the owner of the ship that John Cabot used to sail to North America in 1497. A letter, discovered in 1504, once believed to have been printed in 1497, and penned by Amerigo Vespucci, is now believed to be a forgery.
Amerigo Vespucci has named after North and South America. He was said to have been the one who discovered those two continents.
America (the North American continent and the South American continent) was named after Amerigo Vespucci.
The Americas- both north and south America.
the continent of North America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. Christopher Columbus only went to Central America.
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America was named after Amerigo Vespucci.
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Amerigo Vespucci changed the world by discovering America! America is named after Amerigo Vespucci.
he was the first to realise that the new world was a new continent
United States of America!! A cartographer named the "New World" after Amerigo Vespucci.
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King Ferdinand named Amerigo Vespucci the Chief Navigator of Spain. Amerigo Vespucci had the responsibility of planning the navigation for the voyages to the Indes.
Amerigo Vespucci changed the world by discovering America! America is named after Amerigo Vespucci.
It was named after Amerigo Vespucci.
he was the first to realise that the new world was a new continent
Amerigo Vespucci is important because he was one of the early explorers of the New World, and also because the continents of North and South America were named in his honor.
North & South America were named for "Amerigo Vespucci", first appearing on Mercator's projections of the world in 1538.
Early maps of the New World rather prominently displayed the maker, Amerigo Vespucci. The continents of the Americas were named after him.
The were named after Amerigo Vespucci. He proved that the Americas weren't Asia, but a separate land mass. Mapmakers then named the "New World" after the first person to figure out that Columbus was wrong - Amerigo Vespucci.
Columbus's navigator Amerigo Vespucci was for whom America was named.
Amerigo Vespucci, he was named in honor of Amerigo Vespucci, for his discovery of the mainland of the New World.
Amerigo Vespucci. (Amerigo = America)
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