The first person to claim to see linear features on the surface of Mars was
A) Angelo Secchi
B) Percival Lowell
C) Giovanni Schiaparelli
D) William Herschel

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Giovanni Schiaparelli was the first person to describe and name the linear features he observed on Mars as "canali" (Italian for channels or canals) in the late 1800s. This was later mistranslated to "canals" in English and popularized by Percival Lowell, leading to the idea of an intelligent civilization on Mars.

The First Person to Claim to See Linear Features on the Surface