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The name 'America' comes most likely from Amerigo Vespucci. Martin Waldseemuller, a German geographer, read Vespucci's letters. Martin did not know that Christopher Columbus 'discovered America' fifteen years before he read Vespucci's letters. Vespucci named the continent the New World and Martin later changed it to America/Americo.
Concerning the etymology of America, most people say it comes from Amerigo Vespucci. Some historians think it might be named after Richard Amerike, a man who sailed with John Cabot to the eastern coasts of Canada on the ship Matthew. They are both interesting theories but the historians still didn't find after who it was named after.
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