Answer:
During the 1968 election, Nixon had won the majority of states outside of the north east, with large states such as California and Illinois going to his column which allowed him to defeat the other 2 candidates George Wallace (Independent) and Hubert Humphrey (Democrat) despite winning the popular vote by a 1% margin.
Explanation:
He sponsored Gil Eannes’s trip and Bartolomeu Dias’s trip.
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