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“America”原指美洲大陆,旧时曾称美洲为“阿美利加洲”,即现在的南北美洲。“America”取自意大利航海家阿美利哥·维斯普西(AmerigoVespucci,拉丁文则是Americus Vespucius)之名。1497至1503年他四次航行到美洲。1499年至1500年登上美洲大陆(今巴西一带)并进行探险。哥伦布虽说与他一样四度航海至美洲,甚至还早一些着陆,但于1506年去世时,仍然坚信那是印度的一部分。这样,维斯普西就成为了第一个提出发现的是“新大陆”这一见解的人。1507年,德国地理学家和地图绘制家
America originally referred to the American continent, which used to call the Americas “Ami Californians,” now North and South America. America is taken from the name of Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian navigator, and Americus Vespucius in Latin. He flew to the Americas four times between 1497 and 1503. Fled to the Americas (now Brazil) from 1499 to 1500 and explored. Although Columbus sailed to the Americas as much as four times and even landed even earlier, he still firmly believed that it was a part of India when he died in 1506. Thus, Vespucci became the first to propose the discovery of the “New World.” In 1507, a German geographer and mapping home