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QUESTIONS some records indicate that Kankan's uncle "or at least some of the men who sailed with him, did, in fact, reach the Americas long before Christopher Columbus arrived in 1492." What does this information suggest? (Why are we being told this information?) The reason why the author mentioned this information was becaus SAVE DRAFT SUBMIT​

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The reason why the author mentioned this information was because he/she wanted to acknowledge that Christopher Columbus was in fact not the first person to reach the Americas. The text states that some of the men that sailed with Kankan's Uncle reached the Americas before 1492, which is the year Christopher Columbus supposedly arrived to the Americas. This is why the author decided to mention this information in the text.

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