Question
Which of these explorers may have reached America before Columbus did?
(1 point)
Responses
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
Leif Erikson
Leif Erikson
Hernando Cortés
(1 point)
Responses
Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan
Amerigo Vespucci
Amerigo Vespucci
Leif Erikson
Leif Erikson
Hernando Cortés
Answers
GPT-4o mini
Leif Erikson is the explorer who is believed to have reached America before Christopher Columbus. Erikson, a Norse explorer from Greenland, is thought to have arrived in North America around the year 1000 AD, well before Columbus's voyage in 1492.