Naming of the Americas
Naming of the Americas
Origin of the name of the continents, most likely named after Amerigo Vespucci.
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Amerigo Vespucci
Italian explorer and navigator (1454–1512).
25%
Waldseemüller map
1507 German world map.
14%
Richard Amerike
Anglo-Welsh merchant and customs officer.
9.4%
Christopher Columbus
Italian navigator and explorer (1451–1506).
7%
Martin Waldseemüller
German cartographer and scholar (c. 1470 – 1520).
6.8%
Amerrisque Mountains
Mountain range in Nicaragua.
6.5%
Turtle Island
Indigenous American name for Earth or North America.
5.2%
New World
Majority of lands of the Western Hemisphere.
3.6%
United States
Country primarily in North America.
2.1%
Terra incognita
"Unknown land", area not mapped by cartographers.
0.94%
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Amerigo Vespucci
Italian explorer and navigator (1454–1512).
64%
New World
Majority of lands of the Western Hemisphere.
10%
Americas
Landmass comprising North and South America.
7.1%
Voyages of Christopher Columbus
1492–1504 voyages to the Americas.
4.6%
United States
Country primarily in North America.
4.3%
North America
Continent.
3%
Names of the United States
1.5%
Richard Amerike
Anglo-Welsh merchant and customs officer.
1.4%
Age of Discovery
Period of European global exploration.
0.74%
Americas (terminology)
Geographical term.
0.42%