USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Where was Columbus shipwrecked?
A
England
B
Jamaica
C
Asia
D
Ireland
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Ann’s Bay, Jamaica, where Columbus and his crew abandoned Capitana and Santiago de Palos in 1504.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Our documented history begins when Christopher Columbus first came to Jamaica in May of 1494.

Detailed explanation-4: -Columbus’s letter on his fourth voyage was written in 1503 while he was shipwrecked on Jamaica.

Detailed explanation-5: -Columbus and his men were stranded on Jamaica for about a year before being rescued. They returned to Spain in late 1504 to learn that his beloved Queen Isabel was dying. Without her support, Columbus would never return to the New World.

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