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∙ 13y agomartin waldseemuller
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∙ 13y agoSince it is not called Vespucci, that would be America.
He realizing Columbus discovered a New World, not the Orient; therefore, he was honored by the naming of the "New Land" after him by a German mapmaker who named the "New Land," "America."
America was named after Amerigo Vespucci when he found Columbus was wrong and didnt find India he found a new county
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci changed the world by discovering America! America is named after Amerigo Vespucci.
Amerigo Vespucci
Since it is not called Vespucci, that would be America.
Amerigo Vespucci Yet he was Italian not German. ___ I think the mapmaker was German (Martin Waldseemuller), not the man he named the continent after. the first answer was correct. i know cuz im in fifth grade.
America is named for a Portuguese explorer and mapmaker. His name was Amerigo Vespucci. He was born in 1454 and died in 1512.
He realizing Columbus discovered a New World, not the Orient; therefore, he was honored by the naming of the "New Land" after him by a German mapmaker who named the "New Land," "America."
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 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 .
America was named after Amerigo Vespucci when he found Columbus was wrong and didnt find India he found a new county
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci was an explorer, navigator, and mapmaker who explored part of the east coast of South America and wrote about his voyages. In 1507, Martin Waldseemüller produced a world map on which he named the new continent America after Vespucci's first name, Amerigo.
Amerigo Vespucci changed the world by discovering America! America is named after Amerigo Vespucci.
A German map maker named it after Amerigo Vespucci.