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Why did Europeans refer to the continents on the other side of the Atlantic ocean as the Americans

Why did Europeans refer to the continents on the other side of the Atlantic ocean as the Americans
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Why did Europeans refer to the continents on the other side of the Atlantic ocean as the Americans

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The continent was named after Americo Vespucci and was written on the map and America ever since then.
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