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Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer, has two continents named after him: North America and South America.
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Places named after explorers?
Hudson Bay is named after a great explorer by the name of Henry Hudson.
A large body of salt water named after an explorer?
The Bering Sea named for Vitus Bering, or Hudson Bay Named for Henry Hudson.
Italian sailor who had a continent named after him?
Amerigo Vespucci (America)
The french explorer La Salle named this area after his king?
it is Louisiana
Who is the English explorer whom a bay in Canada was named after?
Henry Hudson
Which antarctic sea is named after the explorer who made the first documented landing on Antarctica?
The Antarctic sea is not named after an explorer, but after the continent it is near to; also Antarctica was not named after anyone, but was named because of where it was. It is on the opposite side of the Arctic, so they combined anti- and Arctic( which means cold,that is how the Arctic got its name) and created Antarctic.
Did Christopher Columbus named the continent North America?
No America is named after the famous explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
Who is the American Continent named after?
America is named after the Italian merchant, cartographer and explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512).
Which American explorer got convinced that Antarctica was a continent?
christoph Columbus i believe
Who is the north American continent named after?
America is named after the Italian merchant, cartographer and explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512).
Who was Amergio Vespucci?
An explorer that got north and south americia named after him.
What element is named after America?
The element Americium (symbol AM), was named after America. America was named after an Italian explorer named Amerigo Vespucci who arrived tot he continent before the settlers.
What is a short definition for Amerigo Vespucci?
He was an explorer, who proved that the land Columbus had reached was a completely new continent not India. Because of this the new continent was named after him.
Why are the western continents named after Portuguese explorer Amerigo Vespucci?
because he was the first one to pronounce that America was another continent
What is the best English definition of the words Amerigo Vespucci?
Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer after whom America was named. Amerigo explored the south cost of America and named the continent in his honor.
Who is the explorer named after the Hudson river?
There was no explorer named after the Hudson river. The Hudson river was named after the explorer, Henry Hudson.
Is antarctica a country a continent an ice-shelf an explorer?
It is a continent.
