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MAXImum [283]
3 years ago
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Who was America named after?

History
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vredina [299]3 years ago
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<span>America was named after Amerigo Vespucci 
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Vadim26 [7]3 years ago
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America was named America after Amerigo Vespucci. Vespucci was an early explorer, who lived around the same time as Christopher Columbus.
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