Question

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> America is named after ____.

• A. Bartholomew Diaz
• B. Amerigo Vespucci
• C. Christopher Columbus
• D. Vasco da Gama

Answer 1

The correct option is B Amerigo Vespucci

<!--td {border: 1px solid #ccc;}br {mso-data-placement:same-cell;}--> 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.