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The Roman Catholic Church believes Jesus Christ is the "fullness and mediator of all Revelations", and that no new divine revelation will come until the Second Coming. ... The church does not obligate the faithful to believe in, follow, or publish private revelations, whether they're approved or otherwise.
Bering Strait? It’s the land bridge
The correct answer is "political leaders", or other elitist groups who lead a revolution including the population which they dominate.
European powers were running out of places to colonize in africa, while trade in East Asia was becoming more and more profitable, but the cost in time and money of traveling all the way around africa and through the india ocean (or the long trek down the silk road) was hampering European profits off of trading. So the Spanish sent Columbus to find a shorter root to Asia. Columbus didn't set out looking for America, it was just a happy accident.