Amerigo Vespucci discovered that Asia was not a part of America. America was named after him.
Amerigo Vespucci discovered South and North America.
Amerigo Vespucci discovered South America and the entirety of the Western Hemisphere was named after him.
America is called "America" because it was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci
America is called "America" because it was discovered by Amerigo Vespucci
on his journey Amerigo Vespucci discovered North and South America. by Maggie McManus, age 10
Amerigo Vespucci is known for discovering that the land explored by Christopher Columbus in the Americas was actually a new continent, separate from Asia. This realization led to the use of the term "America" in his honor to refer to the newly discovered lands.
Amerigo discovered America...lightulb..we learned that in fourth grade
he discovered the continent of america which he named after him self
Because Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and he discovered the americas.
Actually the same time because Amerigo was on the same ship as Columbus, but America was named after Amerigo.
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.