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On Christopher Columbus's 1st voyage he landed in the Americas which he thought was India

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he thought he was in India, Asia. p s he didnt discover America. Leif Ericson did. to get more info go to http.leif ericson.com

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He believed he had found India and named the native people living there Indian's. Columbus had not reached India as he thought but had reached Central America.

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Who reached the Bahamas in 1492?

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What was the land Christopher Columbus reached in 1492?

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