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The naming of the Americas, or America, occurred shortly after Christopher Columbus's first voyage to the Americas in 1492. It is generally accepted that the name derives from Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer, who explored the new continents in the following years on behalf of Spain and Portugal.
Dec 29, 2023 · The Old English form of the name has come down as surnames Emmerich, Emery, etc. The Italian fem. form merged into Amelia. The colloquial pronunciation " Ameri-kay " is by at least 1643 in poetry that (in one later collection) rhymed America with away, pray, obey, gay, dismay, decay, etc.
Jul 4, 2016 · While the colonies may have established it, “America” was given a name long before. America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the …
The name America was coined by Martin Waldseemüller from Americus Vespucius, the Latinized version of the name of Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), the Florentine explorer who mapped South America's east coast and the Caribbean Sea in the early 16th century.
The name America (applied to present-day Brazil) appeared for what is believed the first time on Martin Waldseemüller's 1507 world map, known as the Baptismal Certificate of the New World, and also America's Birth Certificate.
The full name "United States of America" was first used during the American Revolutionary War, though its precise origin is a matter of contention. The newly formed union was first known as the "United Colonies", and the earliest known usage of the modern full name dates from a January 2, 1776 letter written between two military officers.
Mar 29, 2011 · Was John Cabot the first European to discover America? How did the continent get its name? Peter Macdonald unravels a 15th-century story and challenges conventional thought.
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