What were each of the continents named after?

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How were all the continents named? Why Asia and Africa, and not any other names?

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They're all Latin-based or Greek North and South America are the easiest (and yes, they are two separate...

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what were The american continents named after

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The continents of North and South America are named after the Italian explorer, Amerigo Vespucci.

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What was the named the single continent on the world billions of years ago when all the continents were thought to be joined as one large piece of land?

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Pangaea was the name of the single continent that is said to have existed billions of years ago before...

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What are some element that are named after continents from the periodic table?

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Europium and Americium

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what italian explorer are the american continents are named after ?

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Amerigo Vespucci had both North and South America named after him.

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What are the two elements of the periodic table named after continents?

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The element Europeum, symbol Eu, atomic number 63, is named after Europe. The element Americium, symbol...

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Continents were named after what Italian explorer?

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North & South America were named for "Amerigo Vespucci", first appearing on Mercator's...

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What us administered islands were named for their location about half-way between the continents of North-America and Asia

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A land mass is especially smaller than a continent, while a continent is composed of many different...

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What did Amerigo Vespucci do that got 3 continents named after him?

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Amerigo Vespucci was a navigator who made at least two voyages to the Americas, the first time in 1...

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What were the continents named before they split up?

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Pangaea was the super-continent that consisted of all 7 continents before they split apart.

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