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Why was the new world given the that name by the Americans?
It was given its name by "Americans" but by a German map maker who had read Vespucci's account of finding North America so he named it after him.
Famous greek map maker?
The most famous of the early mapmakers was a Greek geographer named "Ptolemy"A+
Where did david Thompson travel?
Horseback, Dog sled, Canoes and big ship/boats
Who was a explorer that got named continent named after them?
Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer, has two continents named after him: North America and South America.
What part of the world is called after Vespucci and why?
Amerigo Vespucci was an explorer, navigator, and mapmaker who explored part of the east coast of South America and wrote about his voyages. In 1507, Martin Waldseemüller produced a world map on which he named the new continent America after Vespucci's first name, Amerigo.
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