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Who named the country America?

The name "America" comes from the name of Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian navigator and cartographer who first created maps of the "New World".


Who is the Spanish explorer that the new world was eventually named after?

Columbus's navigator Amerigo Vespucci was for whom America was named.


What country benefited form Amerigo Vespucci?

United States of America!! A cartographer named the "New World" after Amerigo Vespucci.


Who is famous for drawing maps off the new world?

Amerigo Dispuchi. (I think thats how you spell his name) 1. he was a map maker who "discovered the new world through his maps". 2. This is why he named the new world America. (after his name) 3. he was also a dirty girl


How do you spell americo ves supece?

The name of the Italian explorer and cartographer was Amerigo Vespucci. His name was eventually applied to the New World continents he depicted, which became "America."


Why was it named New Zealand?

Abel Tasman had been the first European to sight New Zealand in 1642 but had named it Staten Land thinking it was part of the bottom of South America. An unknown Dutch cartographer sometime between 1644 and 1647 had the job of giving it a new name. He chose to name it after Zeeland, a Dutch province, as a parallel to the name of Australia which was then also named after a Dutch province and called New Holland.


Who is Amerigo despucci?

Amerigo Vespucci was the Italian navigator and cartographer that was the first to realize that the lands Christopher Columbus had reached during his travels were not part of Asia, but actually a new, undiscovered land. In honor to this discovery, eventually the new lands got named after him.


Who drew map which first showed the new world as new continents?

The map that first showed the New World as new continents was drawn by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller in 1507. This map, known as the Waldseemüller map, named the new continents "America" in honor of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci.


Who call America -America?

America was probably named after the Italian explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci. Vespucci made maps of the new world from his explorations (he made at least two trips) and from what he learned of others' trips. He identified himself on his maps with a Latinized version of his name: Americus Vespucius.A Germanic geographer named Martin Waldseemueller came across references to lands Americus had mapped, and referred to the new lands with a feminized version of his name: America. The name stuck.(Note: continents are named as females)


Why did europeans call north and south America the new world?

America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer and cartographer who is credited as being the first cartographer to make a map of the Americas as not being part of Asia, but being a stand alone Landmass. Specifically America is the feminized Latin version of the name Amerigo.


What was the so called new world?

No, it was named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian serving the country of Portugal during the age of exploration. He sailed up and down the coast and claimed that it was not Asia as it had been thought, but rather a new world. A German cartographer later partially mapped and named the "new world" after Vespucci. Till this day, the area he explored is known as the Americas, and includes South, Central, and North America. Yes, it was named after Columbus was named...and it was named (as the first answer states) in honor of Mr. Vespucci. By the same token, I'll bet you were also named after Columbus.


Who were the new lands named after instead of Columbus?

The new lands were named after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer and cartographer who realized that Columbus had discovered a new continent and not Asia. This realization led to the naming of the continent "America" in his honor.