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Why did Columbus do what he did?

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Well he at first was gunna sail west to try to get to Asia but he didnt realize that there was 2 massive continets and an ocean in between so when he landed on the islands he though it was the philipeans and stuff like that....he named is El Salvador meaning holy savior....and west indies.........he died thinking he was near Asia

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