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I discovered that Columbus stumbled upon wasn't India at all, but in fact an entirely new continent​

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He was trying to find a new route to Asia n ended up here in America
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True

Step-by-step explanation:

Columbus believed that, when sailing west, would lead him to India. However, in sailing west, he entered into the lands now known as the USA. His misleading belief led him to name the natives of the land "Indians", and that was the name that stuck.

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