The answer is letter B. They used education and humanist ideas. This is how the Jesuits set out to spread the Catholic faith around the world. They established schools in Spain, France, South America and other selected countries.
The islands that were on a trade route to the west were Corsica and Troy
Christopher Columbus discovered the Caribbean islands while Ferdinand Magellan was the first to circumnavigate the earth.
Explanation:
Christopher Columbus was the earlier one of the two great explorers and his exploration was to the west of Spain where he eventually discovered the Caribbean islands and led o the discovery of the Americas.
Ferdinand Magellan was also a very ambitious sailor and he tried to circumnavigate the earth with his expedition of six ships.
HE did this around 1520 and was eventually successful and in the process had discovered the Magellan straights too.