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Yes. In 1492 Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean with three boats, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina. He and his crew were trying to find India. Where he landed was what we now call the United States of America.

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but after his death people realized that he did

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No, he thought he had landed on islands off of the Indies

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NO. Columbus was trying to reach the 'Spice Islands' The islands off the southern coast of modern India.

When he first landed he thought that that was where he was.

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No. Columbus died believing he had reached the outer islands of Asia.

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No, he thought he had landed in India.

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