Amerigo Vespucci claimed North and South America for Spain.
Amerigo Vespucci discovered South and North America.
Amerigo Vespucci discovered that Asia was not a part of America. America was named after him.
No, Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer who give a feminized version of his name, "America" to the continents of North and South America.
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.
America, the North American Continent and the South American Continent are named for Amerigo Vespucci.
They were named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
Amerigo Vespucci
on his journey Amerigo Vespucci discovered North and South America. by Maggie McManus, age 10
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.
Amerigo Vespucci explored for Spain and Portugal.
America was named after Amerigo Vespucci when he found Columbus was wrong and didnt find India he found a new county