America is named after the Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci.
America was named after Amerigo Vespucci. He was a Florentine explorer and navigator who discovered Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata.
Amerigo Vespucci
Amergo Vespucci didn’t have the map maker name North America after him, but after reading Vespucci’s book that he had discovered North America he named the continent after him. Actually Vespucci lied in his book and never reached North America.
The Bering Strait got its name from Vitus Bering. He was a Russian explorer and explored areas of Asia and North America.
Prairies are grasslands in North America.
He didn't . It was a German map maker who did. He believed Vespucci lie about finding North Amercia. Vespucci wrote this in a book, but it has been proven he lied.
Laurentia lends it's name to the Laurentian Divide. Laurentia is part of the continental crust that forms North America. The Laurentian Divide is a fault line that disects Laurentia. Laurentia is named after the Laurentian Shield.
No, Jaguars are only found in North and South America. She did have a Leppard named Arrow, and a Tiger whos name remains undiscovered.
Canada is the largest country in North America. Some classifications combine North America and South America into a single continent, named America.
America was named after the explorer Amerigo Vespucci, who discovered North America. Also, Congress didn't name America.
It wasn’t named America, but Plymouth. North America was named America because of a German map maker believed that Amerco Vespucci found the continent because of his claim in his book. Vespucci only reach South America and was never in North America.
Amergo Vespucci didn’t have the map maker name North America after him, but after reading Vespucci’s book that he had discovered North America he named the continent after him. Actually Vespucci lied in his book and never reached North America.
No one knows who named bigfoot but the name comes from the large footprints that the creature leaves. The name comes from North America and probably from the Indians.
the blonde guys name whos the quarterback is named Sam :)
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North America was named after Amerigo Vespucci (not the other way around). He wrote a book claiming he had discovered North America ( this has been proven to be a lie), but a German mapmaker believed him when naming North America .
North America and South America share a common naming convention as they are both named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer who first recognized them as separate continents.
Amerigo Vespucci was one of the earliest explorers who knew that the land he explored was new land, and not a part of Asia. His journeys were published and became well known, leading an early map-maker to name the large landmass America after him. This new, large landmass had 2 parts, which were named north and south for convenience.
North America, as the name suggests is North of the equator.