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The naming of the Americas occurred shortly after Christopher Columbus's death in 1506. The earliest known use of the name America dates to April 25, 1507, when it was applied to what is now known as South America by German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller for his world map now known as Waldseemüller map. It is generally accepted that he derived the "America" nomenclature from the name of Amerigo Vespucci,

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