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Did Benjamin Franklin coin the term American?
No, the term American comes from the word America. The "new world" was named America by an Italian map maker.
Who was North and South America named after?
They were named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
What or where is the origin of the word America?
Early maps of the New World rather prominently displayed the maker, Amerigo Vespucci. The continents of the Americas were named after him.
What cities in America was named by the Italian?
Lhasa and Baku
What was named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci?
America
Who was the map maker that America was named after?
Amerigo Vespucci i think is how you spell it
Who was the map maker America was named after?
Amerigo Vespucci i think is how you spell it
For whom is amerca named?
America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer.
What element is named after America?
The element Americium (symbol AM), was named after America. America was named after an Italian explorer named Amerigo Vespucci who arrived tot he continent before the settlers.
Who was a explorer that got named continent named after them?
Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer, has two continents named after him: North America and South America.
Whom was America named?
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.
How they named the 7 continents?
* America was named in honor of the Italian sailor Amrico Vespucio.
