Who named America?

It happened in 1507. As Riccardo Gaudino, historian for the America500 Birthday Organizing Committee explains: “America was born in the human spirit of innovation in 1507, when cartographer Martin Waldseemuller printed the globe map that named America, South and North, at Ville St. Die, France.”
The designation “America” first appeared on the area we now call Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina. The name was created to honor the Italian astronomer-navigator Amerigo Vespucci for his Renaissance conclusions in math that accurately measured the circumference of the earth.
This first globe map marked a turning point in humanity’s understanding of planet Earth. It awakened the imagination of Europeans and energized a thirst for knowledge and exploration.