CLEP Western Civ I

Answer: B - The only correct statement is that Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan was sponsored by Spain and became the first navigator to circumnavigate the globe (1522). English explorer Henry Hudson was sponsored by the Dutch East India Company and sailed around the present-day New York City-area (1609 to 1611). Italian explorer John Cabot was sponsored by England and became the first European navigator since the Vikings to reach continental North America (1497). Portuguese explorer Bartolomeu Dias was sponsored by Portugal and sailed around the southern tip of Africa (1488). Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama was sponsored by Portugal and sailed around the southern portion of the African continent to reach India (1498).