The German mapmaker who named the New World after Amerigo Vespucci is Martin Waldseemüller. He published a world map in 1507 that named the landmass "America" in honor of Vespucci's discoveries in the region.
look at google and type amerigo vespucci look @ images
America is named after cartographer Amerigo Vespucci. His map showed that the Americas were not part of the continent of Asia.
Amerigo Vespucci was hired by Portugal to explore and map the newly discovered lands in the Americas.
Amerigo VespucciAmerica got its name from a map named in honour of Amerigo Vespucci.
Amerigo Vespucci published a map showing the Americas as a separate set of continents, not as part of Asia. America was named in his honor.
Amerigo Vespucci i think is how you spell it
Amerigo Vespucci i think is how you spell it
Amerigo Vespucci's voyages were undertaken to explore the newly discovered lands of the Americas. He participated in several expeditions to map the coastlines of South America and was one of the first to realize that the lands Columbus had encountered were not part of Asia, but a new continent. His discoveries played a significant role in the understanding and mapping of the Americas.
A German map maker named it after Amerigo Vespucci.
Amerigo Vespucci
A German map maker named the continent after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer who made several voyages to the Americas.