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Which exploration did king Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain sponsor?

A.) Bartolomeu Dias's voyage around the cape of good hope.

B.) Christopher Columbus's voyage to Hispaniola

C.) Gil Eannes's voyage around Cape Bojador

D.) Jacques Cartier's voyage up the St. Lawrence River

E.) John Cabot's voyage to Canada

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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella were big sponsors of Christopher Columbus. They sponsored a trip to the Indies, where Hispaniola is located. In that case, I'm going with answer choice B. They sponsored Christopher Columbus's voyage to Hispaniola.
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Answer:

B.) Christopher Columbus's voyage to Hispaniola

Step-by-step explanation:

Christopher Columbus had a plan to travel westward and tried to sell his plan to the Portuguese Crown, King John II turned him down, so he presented his plan to the Spanish Crown, that and agreed to sponsor his voyage. Columbus voyage took 224 days, he reached the island of Cuba, Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

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