The first person to publish the idea that Columbus had discovered a new continent was
A) Pedro Alvares Cabral.
B) John Cabot.
C) Amerigo Vespucci.
D) Martin Waldseemüller.

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Amerigo Vespucci was the first person to publish the idea that Columbus had discovered a new continent. He wrote a series of letters to a friend describing his voyages to the New World and suggested that the land was not part of Asia, but instead a new continent. This idea was widely circulated and eventually led to the use of the name "America" to refer to the New World.

The First Person to Publish the Idea That Columbus Had