Multiple choice general knowledge math & puzzles

Who first used the term Micronesia to designate a group of South Pacific Islands in 1831?

  1. Charles Darwin

  2. Miguel Santos De Michele

  3. Jules Dumont d'Urville

  4. Rogers and Hemmerstein

  5. It wasn't used until 1921

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C Correct answer
Explanation

Jules Dumont d'Urville, a French explorer, proposed the division of the Pacific into Micronesia, Melanesia, and Polynesia during a lecture to the Geographical Society of Paris in 1831.