Question : Who discovered America?
Option 1: Vasco da Gama
Option 2: Columbus
Option 3: Captain Cook
Option 4: Amundsen
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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