Question

Amerigo Vespucci Group of answer choices sailed on the voyages with Christopher Columbus. never traveled to the New World. hailed from Portugal. was a leading critic of Columbus’s claims. helped spread recognition of the idea that the Americas were new continents.

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Answer:

Option:  help spread recognition of the idea that the Americas were new continents.

Explanation:

Amerigo Vespucci was an explorer, navigator, and an Italian Merchant who explored the New World. It was his name taken to name the continent as America and its people by Americans. Between 1497 and 1504, Vespucci participated in voyages, first on the support of Spain and then from Portugal. On his third voyage to the New World, he found South America and believed to have discovered a new continent. His discovery led to spread the idea that America's were part of new continents.