Who was America named after?

Answer 1

America was named after an Italian explorer named Amerigo Vespucci who actually arrived in the continent before Columbus though there was no evidence of that voyage.
Amerigo Vespucci.

Answer 2

America was named after Amerigo Vespucci.

After Amerigo sailed the coast of the americas he went back to his homeland and got a map maker to put it on a map with his name for the americas. however, the map maker didn't know how to spell amerigo's name. so the name came out america.

Answer 3

The name America is derived from the name of the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. An early map maker named the land mass that is present-day South America, "America" in honor of the explorer. The United States of America is named as part of the Americas and is not named after the explorer, per se. The first reference of America can be found in the Declaration of Independence which reads in part, the "unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America" adopted by the "Representatives of the united States of America" on July 4, 1776.

Answer 4

"America" is a word taken from the name of an early explorer, "Amerigo Vespucci".

He set foot on what would later be America very long ago. Of course, the American Natives were already there, and there is evidence that the Scandinavians (Ericson) visited America before Vespucci.

Answer 5

America was named after Richard Ameryk and not Amerigo Vespucci as most people believe. Ameryk was on the voyage when America was discovered.