Question

America was named after whom?​

Answer 1

Answer:

America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent.

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Answer 2

Answer:

America was named after a Spanish Florentine, Amerigo Vespucci who discovered that both North and South America were different and seperate.