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Lemur [1.5K]
3 years ago
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*20 POINTS* How did the Western Hemisphere earn the name North, Central, and South America?

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1 answer:
mr_godi [17]3 years ago
6 0

Answer:

America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent.

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