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What part of the world is called after Vespucci and why?
Amerigo Vespucci was an explorer, navigator, and mapmaker who explored part of the east coast of South America and wrote about his voyages. In 1507, Martin Waldseemüller produced a world map on which he named the new continent America after Vespucci's first name, Amerigo.
Which explorer coined the term ''the new world''?
It was not an explorer that coined the term 'New World', it was actually the Spanish scholar Peter Martyr d'Anghiera who first coined the term 'New World' (novi orbis) in a letter dated November 1st, 1492 in which he referred to Columbus first voyage to America
Who was the first person in the world to discover America?
People say that Christopher Columbus first discovered America. But actually, a Viking called Leif Erickson really did discover America first.
Who was the first European explorer to realize America was a New World?
The first person to discover America was Christopher Columbus.But technichly the Native Americans were because they were the first one on that land.When Christopher Columbus came there were already Native Americans.
What country sailed to North America first?
The first country to send an explorer to the new world was Spain. However, the first European country to have someone successfully make the trip was Portugal, with Christopher Columbus being the famous explorer who is credited with "discovering" America.
