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Which of the following is correct i On 12 October 1492 Columbus sighted land and had final...........

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    Which of the following is correct?

    i. On 12 October 1492, Columbus sighted land; and had finally reached India

    ii. The two continents of North and South America were named after Columbus

    i only

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    ii only

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    Both i and ii

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    None of the above

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    Explanation:

    On 12 October 1492, they sighted land; they had reached what Columbus thought was India, but which was the island of Guanahani in the Bahamas.

     The two continents were named after Amerigo Vespucci, a geographer from Florence who realised how large they might be, and described them as the ‘New World’. The name ‘America’ was first used by a German publisher in 1507.

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