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Who was the first to use the term "America"?

Amerigo Vespucci

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Christopher Columbus

Martin Waldseemüller

The name America was first recorded in 1507. Christie's auction house says a two-dimensional globe created by Martin Waldseemüller was the earliest recorded use of the term. America derives from Americus, the Latin version of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci's first name.

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