FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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It is a picture/engraving of Columbus.
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It is a picture/engraving that represents the American’s imagination of his discovery of the New World.
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It shows Columbus and his troops.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Columbus thereby initiated an era of exploration, subjugation, and colonization that lasted for centuries. The explorer has been accused by many historians of initiating the genocide of Hispaniola’s indigenous Arawak population, and he is also considered by some to be the originator of the transatlantic slave trade.
Detailed explanation-3: -Columbus’s journeys to the Americas opened the way for European countries to colonize and exploit those lands and their peoples. Trade was soon established between Europe and the Americas. Plants native to the Americas (such as potatoes, tomatoes, and tobacco) were imported to Europe.
Detailed explanation-4: -Christopher Columbus thought he was in Asia when he landed in the New World because he did not know there was land between Europe and Asia when sailing west.