Multiple choice general knowledge history

Who unknowingly discovered the Western Hemisphere?

  1. Vasco de Gama

  2. Christopher Columbus

  3. Henry Hudson

  4. Amerigo Vespucci
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B Correct answer
Explanation

Christopher Columbus sailed west in 1492 hoping to reach Asia by a new route. Instead, he landed in the Bahamas, unknowingly encountering the Western Hemisphere. He died believing he had found islands off the coast of Asia, never realizing he had discovered continents previously unknown to Europeans.

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