How did Americans get their names?

Anonymous

∙ 11y ago

Updated: 9/27/2022

Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian navigator who served for Spain and Portugal, wrote a letter in 1502 which he called his newest discoveries the New World. Eventually mapmakers put his name on the lands he discovered known today as North and South America.

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∙ 2y ago

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