Why is america named america?

In 1538, The famous geographer Gerard Mercator chose to name the entire north and south parts of America as one large “America” for the entire western hemisphere. Christopher Columbus might well have had the new world named after him, had it not been for two shortcomings. read more

Seven years after Columbus' first voyage and while Columbus was still alive, Vespucci accompanied an expedition that consisted of four ships. They sailed past the eastern coast of South America, and visited Trinidad, which Columbus had named the preceding year. read more

There is no reason why anything named after him would not be called 'Vespuccia', and every reason to think that it should have been so named, as place names are derived from the latin form of the surname, never the first name. read more