[DOC] [TLE] This question originally aired on February 10,... | Jeopardy ... [PAR] ... on February 10, 2006 Category: FAMOUS NAMES Question: The Americas 
bear the name of this Italian who explored the area around 1499 Answer: 
Amerigo. [DOC] [TLE] Free Flashcards about HISTORIC NAMES - StudyStack [PAR] THE AMERICAS BEAR THE NAME OF THIS ITALIAN WHO EXPLORED THE 
AREA AROUND 1499, VESPUCCI. HE WAS PRESIDENT OF THE U.S. DURING
... [DOC] [TLE] European Explorers of North America - Dictionary definition of ... [PAR] 9701020), appeared around 1000 C.E. and established a temporary settlement 
... In 1499 and 1500, Italian navigator Amerigo de Vespucci (14541512) led a ... 
that first discovered the mainland of the American continents; the name America 
... Spain played the leading role in exploration of vast areas of what is now the... [DOC] [TLE] Explorers of North America - EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527. 
... John Cabot (1450-1499) was an Italian-born English explorer and navigator. In 
Italy, he is known as Giovanni Caboto (which is his original name). ..... One of the 
regions he explored and mapped was the area around Corpus Christi Bay; De... [DOC] [TLE] Explorers from the Early 1500's - EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] was a Spanish explorer who sailed to North America from Spain, leaving in 1527. 
... renamed once again, to Brazil, after a kind of dyewood found there, called pau-
brasil. ... was an explorer, mapmaker and navigator of Italian descent. .... One of 
the regions he explored and mapped was the area around Corpus Christi Bay;... [DOC] [TLE] Portuguese discoveries - Wikipedia [PAR] Portuguese discoveries (Portuguese: Descobrimentos portugueses) are the 
numerous ... Ten years later, in 1498, Vasco da Gama led the first fleet around 
Africa to India, ... fine clothes and several manufactured products from Flanders 
and Italy. ... him a "Royal Flush" of all profits from trading within the areas 
discovered. [DOC] [TLE] The Naming Of America The Name America [PAR] To question the origin of America's name is to question the nature of not only our 
... It is now universally recognized that neither Vespucci nor Columbus "
discovered" America. .... Amerigo Vespucci, the pickledealer at Seville, who went 
out, in 1499, ... Around 1490 he was sent to Spain by his employers, the famous 
Italian... [DOC] [TLE] The Origin of the Names of the Continents - Today I Found Out [PAR] May 1, 2013 ... When Europeans finally discovered the continent, the name Terra Australis 
stuck. ... Vespucci was a navigator that traveled to the new world in 1499 and 
1502. ... When North America was later added, the mapmakers of the time ... The 
theory is that the fishermen who worked for him named the area in... [DOC] [TLE] European History/Exploration and Discovery - Wikibooks, open ... [PAR] 6.1 Sir Francis Drake (1540-1596); 6.2 John Cabot (1450-1499) ... Using 
coordinates via the sky, one rotation of the astrolabe's plate, called a tympan, ... 
Portugal, however, and the areas explored by Columbus were thus Portuguese 
territories. ... and was the first person to sail the Pacific Ocean and around South 
America. [DOC] [TLE] 10 Greatest Maritime Explorers in History [PAR] Dias unfortunately perished in the same area during another expedition in 1500. 
... Dom Vasco da Gama  perhaps among the most iconic names in maritime ... 
Da Gama became the first person to sail around the Cape of Good Hope to India, 
... who discovered America  an accidental find that shaped the modern world. [DOC] [TLE] exploration and discovery beginnings of the expansion of europe [PAR] These rising states sought a way to counteract the long-standing Italian 
particularly ... From around the year 1000 they were active in exploring North 
America, and their ... of spices at Calicut, with which he returned to Lisbon in 
September 1499. .... and terrible weather the passage through the straits that now 
bear his name... [DOC] [TLE] Chapter 30: The Age of Discovery, 1300 A.D.

Question: The Americas bear the name of this Italian who explored the area around 1499
Answer: Amerigo Vespucci