Multiple choice

The country “America” is named after which sailor?

  1. Lord Curzon

  2. Amerigo Vespucci

  3. Vasco-de-gama

  4. Wellesley

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Explanation

America is named after Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512), the Italian explorer who recognized that the lands Columbus encountered were a "New World" rather than part of Asia. German cartographer Martin Waldseemuller printed the name "America" on his 1507 world map in Vespucci's honor. Lord Curzon and Wellesley are British viceroys from much later periods (late 19th/early 20th century), while Vasco da Gama was the Portuguese explorer who reached India in 1498.

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