Who named the United States of America?

timmi

I'm not sure who named America, but it's named after Amerigo Vespucci who was an Italian mapmaker. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci [Added reference link - McG] Jun 30 04, 6:20 PM

gmackematix

Vespucci was actually a navigator. For why it came to be named after him see below: http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h1123.html Jun 30 04, 6:50 PM

Ruby72251

Martin Waldseemuller, a European writer and mapmaker. 1507 map grew out of a massive project in St. Dié, France, in the early years of the 16th century to update geographic knowledge flowing out of the new discoveries of the late 15th and early 16th centuries. Martin Waldseemüller's large world map was the most exciting product of that research effort. He included on the map data gathered by Amerigo Vespucci during Vespucci's voyages of 1501-1502 to the New World. Waldseemüller named the new lands "America" on his 1507 map in the mistaken belief that it was Vespucci and not Christopher Columbus who had discovered them. An edition of 1,000 copies of the large wood-cut print was reportedly printed and sold. Thus the name "America" given to the new lands by Waldsemüller endured, and his 1507 world map has come to be known as "America's birth certificate." http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2001/01-093.html Jun 30 04, 8:58 PM

WindmillHotel

It was Thomas Paine who proposed the name "United States of America". Visit the Windmill Hotel, Alford, website to find out more. Thomas Paine had his office there before embarking on his travel overseas. http://www.alfordwindmillhotel.co.uk/thomaspaine.htm Paine became an influential writer. He became famous for his pamphlet, "Common Sense", and is credited for coined the name 'United States of America'. Dec 29 07, 8:54 PM

queproblema

More specifically, "The United States of America" will sound as pompously in the world or in history, as "the kingdom of Great Britain." http://www.constitution.org/tp/amercrisis02.htm - from Paine's second "American Crisis" essay, dated January 13, 1777. Dec 30 07, 12:14 AM

Triviaguru77

Check this out: Origin of State Names http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0854966.html Apr 08 08, 10:48 AM

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