He explained the rationale for the name in the accompanying book Cosmographiae Introductio: ... ab Americo inventore ... quasi Americi terram sive Americam (from Americus the discoverer ... as if it were the land of Americus, thus America).
وأوضح أن المبرر للاسم في كتاب مقدمة علم الخرائط (Cosmographiae Introductio)، ab Americo inventore... quasi Americi terram sive Americam (من أمريكوس المكتشف...