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Potatoes, maize, tomatoes and chillies reached Europe and Asia only after the voyages of:

AChristopher Columbus
BVasco da Gama of Portugal
CFerdinand Magellan
DMarco Polo of Venice
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Christopher Columbus
1. These foods came from the American Indians. 2. Columbus found the Americas by accident. 3. Europe's poor lived longer on the potato. _Source: syllabus India and the Contemporary World II, Chapter 3, The Making of a Global World._
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