20 POINTS How did the Western Hemisphere earn the name North, Central, and South America?

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*20 POINTS* How did the Western Hemisphere earn the name North, Central, and South America?

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Goddamnyouryan · Answer 1 · 2021-10-02T06:47:48+0000

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America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent.

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20 POINTS How did the Western Hemisphere earn the name North, Central, and South America?

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