Marco Polo sailed around the tip of Africa in 1487 and found what proved to be the first all-water route to the Indies.
Vasco da Gama also found all water route to the indies.
vasco de gama, A+.-_- nerdlife, yo.
Chistopher Columbus discovered
Europe, Africa and North AmericaThe triangular trade linked Western Europe, with Western Central Africa, and the Americas moving in a clockwise direction.
No. Columbus discovered the West Indies while trying to reach the East Indies, which the Europeans already knew existed.
England, Southern Europe, and also West Indies!
Because it gave the first indication that there was an unknown land between Europe and China and the East Indies. Columbus himself never caught on to this, though. He remained convinced for the rest of his life that he had discovered islands near the coast of the East Indies.
vasco da gama
Chistopher Columbus discovered
Europe, Africa and North AmericaThe triangular trade linked Western Europe, with Western Central Africa, and the Americas moving in a clockwise direction.
The west indies are called that because they were discovered when explorers were looking for another way to India.
In 1492.
Cristobal Colon
No. Columbus discovered the West Indies while trying to reach the East Indies, which the Europeans already knew existed.
When Christopher Columbus went on his journey to look for a better route to India, we of course knew by now that he didn't find India but the Carribean. So in honor of that the Carribean became the "western" India, thus short is west indies.
England, Southern Europe, and also West Indies!
It's Cuba
Because it gave the first indication that there was an unknown land between Europe and China and the East Indies. Columbus himself never caught on to this, though. He remained convinced for the rest of his life that he had discovered islands near the coast of the East Indies.
When Christopher Columbus discovered the Carrebean (West Indies) he thought he had found the west of India.