2006-09-08 12:01:23 · 11 answers · asked by bunny girl 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
Think about his first name. Sounds a lot like "America," doesn't it?
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2006-09-08 12:02:50 · answer #1 · answered by bunstihl 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Amerigo Vespucci is Italian explorer which the
Continent of north & south America were
named in his honor.
2006-09-08 12:30:16 · answer #2 · answered by massimo 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
First one to "purposely" visit the New World. Columbus gets alot of undue credit because he thought he was in India. Vespucci traveled up and down the eastern coast exploring and sending back info to his native Spain. The Americas are obviously named after him.
2006-09-08 12:06:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Wasn't he the artist who took Columbus' rough drawings and turned them into a map. The story I learned in school was, after completing the map, he signed it, as artists tend to do. People mistook his signature for the name of the body of land on the map, and began calling it America.
2006-09-08 12:06:19 · answer #4 · answered by koffee 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't find any information about the guy who gave his name to America? Come on! You're on a computer. You're on line. Did you try putting that name into a search engine? Yahoo or Google? They'll give you more information than you can possibly use.
2006-09-08 12:07:35 · answer #5 · answered by old lady 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he was the first person to publicly say that the land they were discovering was not part of Asia. Because of this they named the land America
2006-09-08 12:07:46 · answer #6 · answered by james "T" 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
he was the first explorer to reach north america and KNOW he was someplace new, not in the indies
2006-09-09 21:28:21 · answer #7 · answered by krisr22 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was an explorer...north and south america are named after him
2006-09-08 12:07:33 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a navigator and a map maker
2006-09-08 12:04:36 · answer #9 · answered by dababyispretty 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can search for him as Americo Vespucio...
2006-09-08 12:06:30 · answer #10 · answered by LovelyGirl 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋