A) the New World was named after the sailor having claimed to have found it
B) Columbus never wanted to believe that he had discovered the New World
C) Amerigo Vespucci had financed the exhibition himself
D) the majority of geographers have disdained Columbus's contribution
E) Columbus was afraid to declare the newly-found land to be a new continent
86- The author feels that .......... .
A) it was unfair for Columbus to die in debtor's dungeon
B) Amerigo Vespucci did not show consideration for Columbus's success
C) Columbus's knowledge of geography was inadequate
D) Vespucci was not as popular with geographers as Columbus was
E) Columbus could not persuade people that he had found a new continent