How America Got Her Name 
(Last updated on 07 Aug 2010 at 00:08 )

Is is assumed by many that America was named for Amerigo Vespucci who certainly was not the discoverer of America.  It seems that a Catholic Priest, or monk, wrote the name America on a map because he heard that Amerigo Vespucci had visited there.  Once again if a Religion says it is true it must be true.  The name has stuck even thought Amerigo Vespucci  had nothing to do with the discovery of America.  Perhaps Church Leaders should stick to Religion and not get involved in geography or science.

She may have gotten her name from a Star in the West known to the Mandaeans as Merica which is said to have been the name of a star that marked a land across the ocean.