Why was "America" named after Amerigo Vespucci?
a. Vespucci published a falsified travel account that convinced mapmakers that he had proved
America was separate from Asia.
b. Vespucci had been on Columbus's last voyage, but unlike Columbus realized that they had found a new continent.
c. Vespucci's travels to the Americas brought great wealth to Spain, and he was rewarded with a continent named for him.
d. Vespucci was the first person to make contact with what is now the Bahamas, and the continent he reached was named after him.
e. Vespucci convinced the king and queen of Spain that Columbus had falsified reports of his travels, and proved that it was he who had been the first to reach the Americas.
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