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America was named by an Italian what maker?
Amerigo Vespucci, Italian map maker. He mapped it and had no idea what to call it, so he signed his name.
Did Amerigo Vespucci make the first map of America?
No it was made by a German map maker who had read about Vespucci. Now, historians believe that Vespucci never reached North America and made it up for his book.
When did Amerigo Vespucci officially call the New World 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.
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
What year did Sir Francis Drake's voyage begin?
Considering "America" to mean the America's, Sir Francis Drake, map maker and explorer, set forth on his first trip to the Caribbean in 1566.
What do you call a person that draws maps for a living called?
The formal name for a map-maker is "cartographer".
Who was the famous map maker in Greece?
Claudius Ptolemy was a famous map maker in Greece.
What term is used to describe a map maker?
A 'map maker' is correctly named as a 'Cartographer'.
Was Columbus's daughter named America?
No. He didn't have a daughter and he only had 3 sons. The term "America" comes from a German map maker much later.
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.
What is the antonym for map maker?
Map Destroyer?
