FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
Question
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Central and South America
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Asia & China
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Australia and Spain
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -The explorer Christopher Columbus made four trips across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain: in 1492, 1493, 1498 and 1502. He was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he stumbled upon the Americas.
Detailed explanation-2: -His voyages revealed two continents new to Europeans and initiated a period of rapid colonization, exploration, and exploitation in the Americas. In modern times the legacy of Columbus has been revised to include the devastating effects of European contact on indigenous peoples.
Detailed explanation-3: -On October 12, 1492, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus made landfall in what is now the Bahamas. Columbus and his ships landed on an island that the native Lucayan people called Guanahani. Columbus renamed it San Salvador.
Detailed explanation-4: -Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo; Spanish: Cristóbal Colón) made four voyages from Spain to the Caribbean from 1492 to 1503.