Article Detail Name of the first country to issue paper currency ? Answer: China Similar Questions : 1. Who won first Nobel prize for Literature ? Answer: Rene F.A. and Sulli Pradhom (France) 2. Who was the first man to draw the map of earth ? Answer: Anexemander 3. Who was First man to reach South Pole ? Answer: Ronald Amundsen 4. First men to fly an aeroplane ? Answer: Wright Brothers 5. Who was first woman to climb Mount Everest ? Answer: Junko Tabei (Japan) 6. Name of the first man to go into the space ? Answer: Major Yuri Gagarin (USSR) 7. Who was First secretary general of United Nations ? Answer: Trigve Li Read more from - First in World