Who Sponsored Genoese Adventurer Christopher Columbus

question 46

Multiple Choice

Who sponsored Genoese adventurer Christopher Columbus?

• A)Catherine of Aragon
• B)King Henry VIII
• C)Isabella and Ferdinand of Spain
• D)Archduke Phillip

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