Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

What Spanish explorer "discovered" the Grand Canyon in 1540?

  1. Hernan Cortes

  2. Garcia Lopez de Cardenas

  3. Juan de la Cosa

  4. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Spanish explorer Garcia Lopez de Cardenas, a member of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado's expedition, became the first European to see the Grand Canyon in 1540.

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