We learned in grade school that America was named...  ...rned in grade school that America was named after Amerigo Vespucci , but we didn't learn much about the Italian explo...  ...e about the relative explorative contributions of Amerigo Vespucci . Read about the single map that named America, an...

If explorer Amerigo Vespucci were alive, he'd be 556 years old today. Born on...  ...be 556 years old today. Born on March 9th, 1454, Vespucci was neither the first European to reach the New W...  ...Asia or any part of the world known to Europeans. Vespucci 's discovery coincid...