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The islands Columbus visited in the Caribbean are called the west indies.
Yes, Columbus made 4 voyages to the Caribbean.
On his first voyage in 1492, Columbus was trying to find a passage to India. Instead, he encountered the Caribbean Islands.
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the Caribbean islands
Christopher Columbus explored the Caribbean Islands, including Hispaniola and Cuba and San Salvador.
Estimates suggest that there were between 50-100 million indigenous people living in North and South America when Columbus landed in the Caribbean Islands in 1492. However, this number significantly declined due to diseases, war, and forced labor after European contact.
Columbus discovered America by landing on islands in the Caribbean.
He traveled from Spain to the Caribbean islands, so that is his route. =)
Most of the Caribbean Islands had indigenous people who lived on each island well before Columbus ever arrived. Each people had their own name.
Columbus ended up in the islands of the Caribbean, west of Cuba.
Columbus reached all the major islands of the caribbean and Honduras in Central America which he called the Indies