[DOC] [TLE] Amerigo Vespucci - Explorer - Biography.com [PAR] Jan 14, 2016 ... America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine navigator and explorer 
who played a prominent role in exploring the New World. ... Now on his third 
voyage, Vespucci set sail for Cape Verdethis time in service to ... when 
Portuguese officers asked him to take charge of the voyage he agreed. [DOC] [TLE] Amerigo Vespucci - Wikipedia [PAR] Amerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer 
who first ... Colloquially referred to as the New World, this second super continent 
came to ... Portugal, Vespucci participated as observer in several voyages that 
explored ... was not aware that Waldseemller had named the continent after him
. [DOC] [TLE] Explorers of the Americas - EnchantedLearning.com [PAR] The King of Spain sent Aviles to Florida in the New World, to start a Spanish 
settlement (St. ... He was the first European colonizer of what is now South 
Carolina. .... Gaspar Corte Real (1450?-1501?) was a Portuguese explorer who 
sailed to ... He sailed through the Strait of Juan de Fuca (which was named for 
him in 1725)... [DOC] [TLE] Amerigo Vespucci - Exploration - HISTORY.com [PAR] Early accounts of Vespucci's voyages, now believed to have been forgeries, had 
... Thefirst use of the name "America" was in 1507, when a new world map was ... 
his proposals, and at the end of 1500 Vespucci went into the service of Portugal. 
... introductio, and he suggested that the newly discovered world be named ab... [DOC] [TLE] Amerigo Vespucci: Facts, Biography & Naming of America [PAR] Jan 10, 2014 ... America was named after Amerigo Vespucci, an explorer who first ... But why 
were these continents named after him, especially since his voyages ... On May 
14, 1501, Vespucci set sail to the New World under the Portuguese flag on ... 
During this voyage, Vespucci came to suspect that he was looking at a... [DOC] [TLE] The Birth of Amerigo Vespucci | History Today [PAR] America was named by mistake. ... The claim that Amerigo Vespucci discovered 
the mainland of the New World before ... using his name did  that in 1497 he 
had sailed to the mainland of the New World, before ... Vespucci did make a 
voyage to Brazil in Portuguese service, which left Lisbon in 1501 and may ... Buy 
It Now. [DOC] [TLE] Italy's Finest | Where does the name America come from? [PAR] In 1500 that King's commander, Pedro lvares Cabral, on his way to the Cape of 
Good ... He did not sail again, and as there seemed no more work for him in 
Portugal he returned to ... Mundus Novus (New World) was a Latin translation of 
a lost Italian letter sent from ... It describes a voyage to South America in 1501-
1502. [DOC] [TLE] Amerigo Vespucci - New World Encyclopedia [PAR] Mar 14, 2016 ... On the second of these voyages he discovered that South America ... Vespucci 
sailed southward, discovering the mouth of the Amazon River and ... explorer 
Gonoalo Coelho in 15011502 in the service of Portugal, ... However, many 
scholars now believe that these two letters were not written by him, but... [DOC] [TLE] Amerigo Vespucci facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] It is known that Vespucci visited France, in his uncle's company, when about 24, 
... in Portuguese service again to Brazil, but this expedition failed to make new ... 
He did not sail again, and as there seemed no more work for him in Portugal he 
... map of the Old World, there was now added as much of the new hemisphere 
as... [DOC] [TLE] Amerigo Vespucci Timeline - SoftSchools [PAR] Amerigo traveled to France with his uncle, who trained and educated him. He 
was ... He helped prepare Columbus' ships to sail toward the New World. ... 
Amerigo returned to Spain, and then he went to work for Portugal. ... Amerigo 
began to suspect that this new land wasn't the West Indies like everyone else 
thought. He... [DOC] [TLE] The Naming of America [PAR] Not surprisingly, the notion that America

Question: In 1501, in the service of Portugal, he sailed for the new world that's now named for him
Answer: Amerigo Vespucci