SSC MTS EXAM

Detailed explanation-1: -In actual fact, Columbus did not discover North America. He was the first European to sight the Bahamas archipelago and then the island later named Hispaniola, now split into Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

Detailed explanation-2: -In 1492 CE, Christopher Columbus, who worked for the Spanish royals, sailed across the Atlantic and accidentally discovered America. Vasco da Gama, represented the Portuguese king, went around Africa and discovered India in 1498 CE.

Detailed explanation-3: -On August 3, 1492, Columbus set sail from Spain to find an all-water route to Asia. On October 12, more than two months later, Columbus landed on an island in the Bahamas that he called San Salvador; the natives called it Guanahani.

Detailed explanation-4: -Christopher Columbus tried to interest him in his plan to reach India by a western route. John rejected this but licensed Fernão Dulmo to search for new islands, apparently without result. In 1485 he sent Cão on a second voyage that reached southwestern Africa but failed to find the Cape.