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Columbus mistakenly thought that present-day Cuba was China because
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Columbus mistakenly thought that present-day Cuba was China because

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Answer: He didn’t know that the Americas existed.

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It has to do with the route he took. Wanting a faster route to reach India for the Spanish Crown, he wanted  to make a chart of the western route to China, India, and fabled gold/ spice lands in Asia. Instead possibly by wind patterns Columbus ended up in the Brahamas to which made him think Cuba was actually China.
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