America is named after ____.

Bartholomew Diaz

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Amerigo Vespucci

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Christopher Columbus

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Vasco da Gama

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Solution

The correct option is B Amerigo Vespucci
Christopher Columbus discovered America, thinking it was India. This was disproved by Amerigo Vespucci, after whom the continent got its name-America. Bartholomew Diaz discovered the Cape of Good Hope route to India. Vasco da Gama was the first European to actually discover India.

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