Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who was the first to call America a "New World"?

  1. Matthew Flinders

  2. James Cook

  3. Amerigo Vespucci

  4. Alexander Mackenzie
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Explanation

Amerigo Vespucci was the first European to explicitly recognize that the lands encountered by Columbus were part of a previously unknown continent, not Asia. In 1507, cartographer Martin Waldseemuller named the continent 'America' in Vespucci's honor, recognizing his 'New World' insight. Unlike Columbus, Vespucci understood these lands were separate from Asia.

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