Multiple choice general knowledge culture

In which year did Christopher Columbus discovered America?

  1. 1492

  2. 1465

  3. 1645

  4. 1556
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Christopher Columbus made his first transatlantic voyage and reached the Caribbean islands in October 1492, believing he had found a new route to Asia. This marked the beginning of sustained European contact with the Americas. The year 1492 is well-documented and commemorated in the familiar mnemonic "In fourteen hundred ninety-two, Columbus sailed the ocean blue."

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