Question

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about Columbus's first voyage to the Americas?

A) He took three ships on the expedition.
B) He did not make it back to Spain alive.
C) He first set foot in the West Indies in October of 1492.
D) He encountered native people on his first voyage to the West Indies

Answer 1

The answer is he did not make it back to Spain alive 

Answer 2

B) He did not make it back to Spain alive.

Step-by-step explanation:

Columbus was a genovese explorer that navigated the world from Spain to the west, and he first landed in the american continent in October of 1492, he was sponsored by the Spanish Crown with 3 ships, La niña, La pinta y La Santa Maria, they were on the search for a better and easier path to India, in order to create a better trading route that was shorter. The only thing form the options that is no true is that he did not make it back to Spain, he went back and continued his trips to the new world for the next 10 years, the last trip being on 1502.