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When Christopher Columbus reached land why did he refer to the people he encountered as Indians

When Christopher Columbus reached land why did he refer to the people he encountered as Indians
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When Christopher Columbus reached land why did he refer to the people he encountered as Indians

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Because he discovered them by mistake; he believed he had reached the East Indies

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