Rival explanations have been proposed; see Arciniegas, Germán. Amerigo and the New World: The Life & Times of Amerigo Vespucci. Translated by Harriet de Onís. New York: Octagon Books, 1978.[ต้องการเลขหน้า] Although speculation exists that the name's origin may be Richard AmerikeBBC or the Amerrique region of Nicaragua, neither theory has been accepted by mainstream academics.