Amerigo Vespucci is credited with being the first to realize that the Americas were not part of Asia. His voyages and subsequent writings led to the understanding that the lands discovered by Columbus were a separate continent.
Who was the first to realize that the Americas were not Asia?
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Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
Hernando Cortés
Hernando Cortés
Vasco Balboa
Vasco Balboa
Ferdinand Magellan
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