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Why did Columbus call the people he met in the Americans “Indians”

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Because Columbus though that he had traveled across the sea and landed in India. He didn’t know the concept of America so he called them Indians
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Answer:he had thought he reached the Indian Ocean

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When he had landed in the Antilles Columbus he had called them “Indians” referring to the fact he had thought he had reached the Indian Ocean

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