How America got its Name (video 1.38)


So, in review, two Spanish monarchs '''Ferdinand''' and '''Isabella'''

commissioned an Italian explorer '''Christopher Columbus''' to survey 

what they thought was India and China.

and then a German mapmaker '''Martin Waldseemler''' decided to called it '''America''',

 a latinized feminized of the Italian explorer '''Amerigo Vespucchi''' whose name 

originated from the 11th century Hungarian '''Saint Emericus'''.