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Which state capital was named for the explorer who sailed to America in 1492?
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Which explorer was america named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
Did Christopher Columbus named the continent North America?
No America is named after the famous explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
What European explorer named America?
Amerigo Vespucci
Who were Balboa and Magellan?
Magellan was an explorer born in Portugal, but sailed for Spain. He was the first European explorer to circumnavigate the world. He named the Pacific Ocean Pacific. Balboa was a Spanish explorer who first sailed the Isthmus of Panama and claimed it for Spain. He was the first to see, not cross, the Pacific Ocean which at that time was called the Ocean Sea.
Which Italian explorer were north and south America named after?
Amerigo Vespucci
What explorer had America named after him?
The explorer and cartographer was Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), who sailed to Brazil several years after Columbus's voyages to the Caribbean.
The spanish explorer who in 1542 led an expedition that sailed up the west coast of north America was named?
hernanddo cortes
The explorer that sailed for two European countries there's a bay named after him?
Henry Hudson was an English explorer who sailed for both England and Holland. The Hudson Bay is named after him.
Which explorer sailed for both England and the Netherlands in search of a Northwest Passage but instead discovered a river in North America that was named after him?
Henry Hudson
What explorer sailed from Europe to Africa?
That explorer was Bartolomeu Dias. He sailed from Portugal to the tip of Africa which King Joa`named the Cape of Good Hope.I hope that I helped you ~ Oliviabbie
Who was a explorer that got named continent named after them?
Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer, has two continents named after him: North America and South America.
What is the last name of a spanish explorer for whom America is named after?
America was named after an Italian explorer by the name of Amerigo Vespucci.
Who was North and South America named after?
They were named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
What state capital was named after a famous explorer?
York
What does America's mean?
America is named after explorer Amerigo Vespucci
But what does America mean?
America is named after explorer Amerigo Vespucci
What explorer was America named for?
Amerigo Vespucci
