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Why did Columbus call the natives "Indians" when he arrived in the Caribbean? How does this term represent a misnomer for those people?
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Why did Columbus call the natives "Indians" when he arrived in the Caribbean? How does this term represent a misnomer for those people?

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Before Columbus left from England he had told the queen the he could travel to India from the west so when he landed in America he called native Americans Indians.

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Columbus originally wanted to find a way to India from the West side of Europe. He ended up in the New World (Americas) and called them Indians thinking he arrived at India

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