FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Question
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The Pinta had sunk.
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His fort had burned down and his men had died.
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He was lost on his voyage.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -On his second voyage in 1493, he sailed with seventeen ships and about 1200 men, arriving in Hispaniola in late November to find the fort of La Navidad destroyed with no survivors. Near its ruins, on the northern coast of the present-day Dominican Republic, he founded the short-lived town of Isabella.
Detailed explanation-2: -In Hispaniola, Columbus established Spain’s first colony in the New World. As a result, he is the European explorer who is generally credited with originating and chronicling sea routes to the Western Hemisphere.
Detailed explanation-3: -Columbus’ orders were to expand the settlement on Hispaniola, convert the population of Indigenous people to Christianity, establish a trading post, and continue his explorations in search of China or Japan. The fleet set sail on October 13, 1493, and made excellent time, first sighting land on November 3.
Detailed explanation-4: -Columbus knew that the world was round and realised that by sailing west-instead of east around the coast of Africa, as other explorers at the time were doing-he would still reach his destination.