Is there a statue of a man of that name or tribe near that of Mr Manhattan in or near Ellis Island,New York,U.S.A.?
2006-06-18 09:33:46 · 12 answers · asked by einsteinilango 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
The name of the tribe Amerish or Americ(c is pronounced as "s") spelt in Dutch seems to be the name America.When read, later by others, the "c" was wrongly pronounced as the sound "k".
2006-06-19 13:19:23 · update #1
America was named for the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespuchi.
2006-06-18 09:44:38 · answer #1 · answered by tuxmanclips 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
America is named after Explorer Amerigo Vespucci..he was a great explorer around the time that Columbus discovered America
2006-06-28 15:37:27 · answer #2 · answered by celine8388 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
2006-06-18 09:40:49 · answer #3 · answered by Isaac 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
History tells us, and has done for years, that the name of America came from one Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine transatlantic explorer who was a navigator with Christopher Columbus in 1499, and the first geographer to realize that the Americas were separate continents.
2006-06-18 09:38:26 · answer #4 · answered by longhunter17692002 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our country was named after a man named Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer, because when what we now call the Americas were discovered, he was the first to call it a "new world. " I don't believe he has a statue, but it is possible.
2006-06-18 13:49:08 · answer #5 · answered by Ariana 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There was a guy named Amerigo Vespucci that they named both North and South America after.
2006-06-18 09:37:19 · answer #6 · answered by damethodman10 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that America is named after Italian navigator and explorer Amerigo Vespucci.
2006-07-01 08:54:04 · answer #7 · answered by norsktjej1964 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Amerigo Vespucci, the explorer
2006-07-02 01:51:34 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
America was the name given to rthe new world as seen by the Europeans , Spaniards mostly who first came here, in honor of Americo Vespussi, an Italian explorer.
2006-06-25 09:31:17 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
America came from the name Amerigo who was a english map maker
2006-06-18 09:38:01 · answer #10 · answered by angel 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋