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Question : Who discovered America?

Option 1: Vasco da Gama 

Option 2: Columbus 

Option 3: Captain Cook

Option 4: Amundsen 


Team Careers360 2nd Jan, 2024
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Team Careers360 18th Jan, 2024

Correct Answer: Columbus


Solution : The correct answer is Columbus .

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506), an explorer, is well remembered for his 1492 'discovery' of the 'new continent' of the Americas aboard his ship Santa Maria. He was an Italian adventurer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who performed four Spanish-sponsored trips across the Atlantic Ocean, paving the way for broad European discovery and European colonisation of the Americas.

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