Multiple choice general knowledge

Who was the first European known to have encountered the cacao plant, from which chocolate is made?

  1. Christopher Columbus

  2. Hernando Cortez

  3. John Cabot

  4. Ponce de Leon
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Explanation

Christopher Columbus encountered cacao beans during his fourth voyage to the Americas in 1502, when he seized a canoe near Guanaja (off Honduras) that contained what he called 'almonds'. While he didn't recognize their value, his crew was the first European group to see cacao. Hernán Cortés encountered cacao later (1519) and introduced it to Spain, but Columbus was the first European to actually see the plant/beans.

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