On This Day In History On This Day In History: The Name Of America Used For The First Time On World Map – On Apr 25, 1507MessageToEagle.com | April 25, 2016 MessageToEagle.com – On April 25, 1507, Martin Waldseemüller (ca. 1470-ca. 1518), was the first to suggest that the newly discovered landmass in the New World should be called America. Read More