Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.

Records documenting the presence of Africans among the crews of explorers like Christopher Columbus ______ the antiquity of the African presence in the Americas.

create

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illustrate

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compromise

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overlook

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Solution

The correct option is B illustrate
The sentence implies that the records serve as an example for the presence of Africans in Columbus's crew, that is, it illustrates the fact. Hence, Option B is correct. The rest of the options do not express this meaning, hence incorrect.

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