Multiple choice general knowledge history

who discovered west indies

  1. Amundsen

  2. William Edward Parry

  3. Columbus

  4. Marco polo
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Explanation

Christopher Columbus is credited with discovering the West Indies in 1492 during his voyage across the Atlantic. He believed he had reached the Indies (Asia), hence the name "West Indies." Amundsen was a polar explorer, Parry explored the Arctic, and Marco Polo was a medieval European explorer who traveled to Asia but not the West Indies.

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