Why did christopher Columbus name America America?

Answer 1

Christopher Columbus named America after Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian map maker who showed Columbus that the lands discovered by him (Christopher Columbus) were actually separate lands, not an extension of the Spice Islands and part of Asia as Columbus believed.

Christopher Columbus did not name America after Amerigo Vespucci. That was done by a German cartographer/mapmaker named Martin Waldseemüller in 1507.

Waldseemüller was mislead by a book apparently written by Matthias Ringmann, which was based on a letter said to have been written by Vespucci, but which has proved to be a fake.

Waldseemüller later produced other maps without the name America on them, but in 1538 Gerardus Mercator applied the name to the entire New World in his maps, and this was accepted, even though Spain did not recognize the name for over 200 years, stating that Columbus should get the credit.

Answer 2

Christopher Columbus discovered America. Amerigo Vespucci told it apart from Asia because when Columbus discovered it, he was greeted by Native Americans. He named them Indians because on the way, he was hoping to get to India.

Answer 3

He did not. America was named after Amerigo Vespucci a few years later. Columbus never found America. He only found islands like the Bahamas.

Answer 4

Why didnt christopher name the land he had discovered