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Almost anyone who at the time knew something about navigation. First the Portuguese had - even before he started out - worked out that Columbus could never find China where he thought it would be; and later on the Spanish experts decided the same thing, but Queen Isabella decided to let him have a shot at it anyway.
Most famously, the cartographer (not explorer, by the way) Amerigo Vespucci also worked out that what Columbus had found could not possibly be China. He never called it "America" himself though, nor did the people around him. The very first mention of "America" is on a map made in Bristol, England, showing the parts of North America that had been discovered by an expedition funded by a British tradesman called Richard Ameryk.
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Who was known the explorer that stayed home?
The explorer who stayed home was Prince Henry when he taught sailors in navigation to make sure they make their way through their destination to find a water route to the indies (Asia). They wanted to find a water route because the land route in Constantinople was closed off.
What explorer claimed land for two countries?
Henry Hudson
Europe and Asia are sometimes called what?
The land of Europe and Asia together is sometimes called
Who was Columbia named after?
Columbia was named after Christopher Columbus, but the first person to actually set foot on the land was Alonso de Ojeda.
How was Sir Humphrey Gilbert trained to be an explorer?
I would say through his military career in Ireland. Apart from that he had no other training as a explorer.
What explorer thought he had reached asia but made the first European land claims in north America?
Christopher Columbus.
Who was the first explorer to reach new land?
A lot of people think it was Christopher Columbus but it was really Leif Ericson who was the first European to reach the New World. He was a Viking explorer and it is not known when he landed but he set out in 1003 and later returned back to Europe.
How was Columbus mistaken about the lands he claimed for Spain?
He claimed San Salvador for Spain. Columbus believed he had reached Asia and was in the Indies. This belief explains why he called the people Indians. (5th grade history book)
How are Columbus and Vespucci different?
He concluded that the land discovered was larger than previously believed, and different from the Asia described by Ptolemy and Marco Polo and therefore was an entirely new continent
Name the explorer who believed Columbus had found new land and for whom America was named?
Though Columbus was probably not the first European explorer to reach the Americas, Never admitting that he had reached a continent previously unknown In either case, Columbus left Portugal for Castile in 1485.
Where did Christopher Columbus land and where did he think he landed?
Asia
Where did Christopher Columbus first land thinking he had made it to Asia?
Christopher Columbus landed in the Bahamas, however thinking he had made it to Asia.
Where did Columbus try to sail?
Columbus tried to sail to Asia, but found unknown land.
When he first sighted land where did Columbus believed he had arrived in?
india
When Columbus saw land he thought he was where?
Asia- when he relized the land he was on was an island he thought he was in Japan
Who was the explorer to land on the island of hispaniola.He called the residents Indians?
Christopher Columbus
Is Columbus a place?
nope, he is the great explorer and conqueror who discovered the land of america
