Who was the first known explorer to land in the Americas (after the Vikings)?
Correct answer: C. Christopher Columbus
- A. Vasco Nunez de Balboa
- B. John Cabot
- C. Christopher Columbus
- D. Alonso de Hojeda
Explanation
Christopher Columbus reached the Caribbean in 1492 and is conventionally credited in European history with opening sustained European contact with the Americas after the Viking voyages. Indigenous peoples had, of course, inhabited the Americas for thousands of years before him.
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