Which explorer is credited with finding the "new world"?

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Triston Davidson

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17 August, 13:44

Which explorer is credited with finding the "new world"?

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Bryan Brewer · Answer 1

The term "New World" ("Mundus Novus") was first coined by the Florentine explorer Amerigo Vespucci, in a letter written to his friend and former patron Lorenzo di Pier Francesco de' Medici in the Spring of 1503, and published (in Latin) in 1503-04 under the title Mundus Novus.

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Marissa Snow · Answer 2

Answer:Christopher Columbus

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The Voyages of Christopher Columbus opened the New World. Italian navigator and explorer Giovanni Caboto (known in English as John Cabot) is credited with the discovery of continental North America on June 24, 1497, under the commission of Henry VII of England.