USA HISTORY

FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE

SPANISH EXPLORERS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How many men did Columbus recruit to participate on his voyage?
A
30
B
400
C
50
D
90
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Between 86 to 89 men accompanied Christopher Columbus on his first voyage. There were 20 on the Niña, 26 on the Pinta, and 41 on the Santa María.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -If any of Columbus’s voyages deserves to be made into a movie, this is the one. On May 11, 1502, four old ships and 140 men under Columbus’s command put to sea from the port of Cadiz.

Detailed explanation-4: -Christopher Columbus (Italian: Cristoforo Colombo; Spanish: Cristóbal Colón) made four voyages from Spain to the Caribbean from 1492 to 1503.

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