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In 1492 discovered some islands in the Bahamas and thought he had reached the Indies?
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Who discovered some islands in the Bahamas and thought he had reached the indies in 1492?
Columbus
In 1492 who discovered some islands in the Bahamas and thought he had reached the indies?
Columbus
When Columbus reached Cuba were did he think he was?
He reached the Bahamas and thought he had reached India.
Where did Columbus think he had reached when he reached the Bahamas?
Columbus thought he was in the East Indies. Thus he called the native people Indians
Christopher Columbus discovers the west indies?
Yes he does in 1492.He thought he had reached India and mistakenly called the Bahamas the "West Indies".The Bahamas.
Are the bahamas part of the caribbean sea?
The Bahamas is the name that is given to a group of island that is located in the Atlantic ocean. It is not a part of the Caribbean and should not be consider part of it. Even thought The Bahamas is a group of islands saying, are the Bahamas part of the Caribbean is saying that there are more than one Bahamas and that is not the case.YES!
Where did Columbus think he had landed when he had reached the Bahamas?
Columbus thought he was in the East Indies. Thus he called the native people Indians
Why are the Caribbean islands called the west lndies?
Columbus called these islands the Indiesbecause he thought he had finally reached Asia (and the East Indies). Spain, when Columbus' mistake was discovered, (pardon the pun) renamed them the West Indies, to distinguish them from the Spice Islands in the Pacific Ocean, (the East Indies) which we now call Indonesia.
Did Columbus realize he discovered a New World?
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.
What famous discovery did Christopher Columbus make?
Christopher COlumbus discovered the Americas!
What was Columbus's belief about the land he reached in 1492?
Columbus thought he has reached islands in the Indian ocean known to Europeans as the Indies. and thus he called the native inhabitants Indians by which term Native Americans are still known.
When christopher Columbus landed in 1942 what did he thought he reached?
Christopher Columbus believed that the lands he reached were the West Indies, in Southern Asia, although it was actually the Carribean Islands, south of North America.
