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how did the names south America and north America come about?​

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Answered by MrsJeon01
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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. ... “America” is identified in the top portion of this segment of the 1507 Waldseemüller map

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