He was the start of the loss of life, lands, and cultures by the Native Americans.
Other European countries sent explorers to claim land in the New World.
Other European countries sent explorers to claim land in the New World.
Christopher Columbus called the Bahamas the East Indies because he thought he reached the land east of India. He didn't know North and South America were even there.
Other European countries sent explorers to claim land in the new world.
Columbus discovered America by landing on islands in the Caribbean.
Spain financed Columbus' journey to find a water route to India. Columbus was convinced he found India when landing in the Carribean but really he had found the Americas'
The exact landing site of Columbus is a matter of some dispute, but it was probably the island of Hispaniola.
Christopher Columbus was trying to get to the spice islands (specifically Japan), but since he didn't know of the existence of America, he ended up landing in the West Indies.
No, because he could have sailed to the right but instead he travelled to the left and fooled himself by thinking he found Asia (he was supposed to go to Asia) and fulled Spain's king and queen too.
Columbus discovered America by landing on islands in the Caribbean.
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Spain financed Columbus' journey to find a water route to India. Columbus was convinced he found India when landing in the Carribean but really he had found the Americas'
Christopher Columbus during his second voyage over the Atlantic in 1493 His landing was on St. Croix at Salt River, now a national monument. St. Croix has the distinction of being the only place in the United States of America that Columbus visited.
Christopher Columbus' goal at the beginning of the voyage was to find India in search of precious rocks and spices. So he was still searching for India. He never found had found it (India). Finding the Bahamas (San salvador) was not planned by Christopher. It was a total suprise when they found it.
Knowledge of Leif's journey was buried in some old Icelandic Sagas. Columbus landing in North America began the colonization of the Americas.
The exact landing site of Columbus is a matter of some dispute, but it was probably the island of Hispaniola.
Christopher Columbus was trying to get to the spice islands (specifically Japan), but since he didn't know of the existence of America, he ended up landing in the West Indies.
No, because he could have sailed to the right but instead he travelled to the left and fooled himself by thinking he found Asia (he was supposed to go to Asia) and fulled Spain's king and queen too.
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