Because Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer and he discovered the americas.
he wanted the gold
The were named after Amerigo Vespucci. He proved that the Americas weren't Asia, but a separate land mass. Mapmakers then named the "New World" after the first person to figure out that Columbus was wrong - Amerigo Vespucci.
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci, he believed he had found a "new world". Later a German mapmaker labeled the new continents America in honor of Vespucci.
When Amerigo Vespucci sailed to America, it was his first voyage and his second expedition was to South America.
South america
south America
By sailing to what is now known as South America
North and South America were named after him; he realized that they were not part of Asia.
he was looking for south America. the name came from the explorer Amerigo Vespucci
he had went on a ship with chrispher clombus.
He went to the southern tip of Brazil to map out the eact coast of, current day, South America.
He discovered three of the world's largest rivers and mapped over 3,000 miles of South America for Portugal.
Amerigo Vespucci discovered South and North America.
Amerigo Vespucci sailed to South America at the behest of King Manuel the 1st of Portugal sometime between 1499 and 1502. On his first voyage, he discovered that South America was a lot longer than originally thought.
Amerigo Vespucci discovered that Asia was not a part of America. America was named after him.