Columbus WAS in the West Indies, so he never discovered that he was not. However, he believed for the rest of his life that he had reached the EAST Indies.
It is difficult to know exactly as there were no maps made until after he had landed. It is thought he probably first landed on Watling Island in the Bahamas.
India This is why when Columbus landed in the New World, he called the Native Americans he found "Indians".
Actually, native Americans lived in north America. The Amerindians of the West Indies were a tribe of nomadic people who wandered across the Bering Strait hundreds of years ago in pursuit of animal herds. they traveled across the north american continent to settle in Central America, South America and the West Indies. the descendants of the nomadic hunters settled in those regions and developed diverse traditions, functions and lifestyles. In the West Indies, the Amerindians people are known as Tainos, Caribs, Mayans, Aztecs, Arawaks, Kalinagoes. not all the groups mentioned were settled in the West Indies.
Supposedly, "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue" Most people agree he landed some where in the Caribbean, not on North America.
Leif Ericsson discovered America 500 years before Columbus 'discovered' America. He landed on what is now known as Newfoundland in Canada.
Which explorer landed on Canada
The Taino
The Taino....
The Taino
Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies. He called it it that because he thought his in the west of India
He didn't make it to the Indies and only was at sea for 36 days when he landed on Hispaniola.
he was a explorer that wanted to find the indies but landed in america.
columbus
Columbus thought he was in the East Indies. Thus he called the native people Indians
In 1492, Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in hopes of reaching the East Indies. He did not reach the East Indies, but landed instead in the Bahamas archipelago.
the west indies
He landed on October 12, 1492
The proper way to ask this question would be, "Where did Christopher Columbus travel?" and he landed in the Indies, in Trinidad specifically.