Columbus did NOT discover America. He found an island he called Hispaniola and never made it to America. It is a fable that he discovered it.
Amerigo Vespucci
Columbus thought that he was in Asia on his first voyage. What he did not know was that he was in America.
Columbus "discovered" North America, But he was not the first one; vikings were the first. Columbus was the second, and he believed that he could find India by sailing westward. So in effect, what Columbus did was provide an awareness of the new continent to Europeans, who soon after began to colonize the land.
Columbus did on his first voyage.
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Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer, was one of the first to realize that Christopher Columbus had discovered a new continent and not Asia in his voyages to the Americas. Vespucci's observations and writings helped to establish the idea that a new landmass had been found, eventually leading to the continent being named after him - America.
Amerigo Vespucci
The first continent to be discovered is South America, and not Antarctica. Antarctica was the last continent to be discovered.
Columbus thought that he was in Asia on his first voyage. What he did not know was that he was in America.
yes and no in some ways because he didn't discover anything but he was the first person to realize the the area that Christopher Columbus discovered was actually a new continent not china
dominican republicNone. He Discovered the continent of North America (although not the first to make the discovery)
Columbus "discovered" North America, But he was not the first one; vikings were the first. Columbus was the second, and he believed that he could find India by sailing westward. So in effect, what Columbus did was provide an awareness of the new continent to Europeans, who soon after began to colonize the land.
Vespucci was the first to discover that Columbus discovered a new land.
They were called Indians by the Spanish in the mistaken belief that they (the Spanish) were colonizing India. They didn't realize, at first, that they have discovered a new continent.
Who is credited with being the first to realize that Columbus had discovers
Columbus did on his first voyage.
Amerigo Vespucci was important for realizing that the lands Columbus discovered were actually part of a new continent, which was named after him (America). Christopher Columbus is important for being one of the first Europeans to reach the Americas and initiating European exploration and colonization of the New World.