The traditionally accepted person attributed to the naming is cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, who used the Latinized feminine form of Amerigo Vespucci's first name, "America", on his world map of 1507, which has survived the centuries.
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The consensus view is that America is the namesake of Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer and cartographer.
The Bristol merchant Richard Amerike (c. 1445–1503) who, it is claimed, gave his name to America, was born here.
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