Which is the origin of the Name ''AMERICA'' ?

Answer 1

Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 - February 22, 1512) was an Italian merchant and cartographer who voyaged to and wrote about the Americas. His exploratory journeys along the eastern coastline of South America convinced him that a new continent had been discovered.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americo_Vespuccio

Answer 2

It comes from Americus Vespucius (1454 - 1512), known as Amerigo Vespucci to his friends. He was a Florentine navigator who made a few voyages out to the new continent, although it is unlikely he ever made it up to North America. Somehow (with no encouragement from Amerigo, I'm sure!) Martin Waldseemüller, a mapmaker of the time, got it into his head that Amerigo discovered the whole continent and so Martin named the lot in Amerigo's honour. By the time the German mapmaker heard otherwise, the name had taken hold!!!

Answer 3

America was named after the Italian travel writer Amerigo Vespucci.

Answer 4

It is named after Richard Americ or Ap Meric who financed an expedition. If it was named after Amerigo Vespucci as used to be believed then the country would have been called Vespuccia not America.

Answer 5

It was named after Amerigo Vespucci, who landed on the Western Continent south of the equator in 1499. His name was given to this country by a German geographer Martin Waldseemuller, who published an account of the four voyages of Vespucci in 1507

Answer 6

America got its name from the Italian map maker Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512). He was the first person to draw detailed maps of the New World.

Here's an article for you.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vespucci

Answer 7

Americo Vespuccio, he made the first map of the American Continent, but some scholar argue that America should have been named Colombia, after Christopher Columbus, the official man who discover America!

Answer 8

From the Portugese navigator and seaman Amerigo Vespucci

Answer 9

It comes from Amerigo Vespucci.

Answer 10

Americo Vespucci???