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it was so named because to him we looked like the east indies he was just idle
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Who explored the west Indies?
Christopher Columbus. He thought he had reached India and named the island "Indies" and called its inhabitants, "Indians". Later Amerigo Vespucci proved that Colombus had actually found the New Lands, and not India. The island was then renamed "West Indies".
The islands Columbus visited in the Caribbean are called the .?
The islands Columbus visited in the Caribbean are called the west indies.
Why are the Caribbean islands called the West Indies?
Columbus explored the ares for several months, convinced he had found the East Indies, the islands off the coast of Asia.When finding it was not the east indies he named it the west indies.
Why are the Caribbean islands called the west islanders?
Columbus explored the ares for several months, convinced he had found the East Indies, the islands off the coast of Asia.When finding it was not the east indies he named it the west indies.
Why are the Caribbean's islands called the west Indies?
Columbus explored the ares for several months, convinced he had found the East Indies, the islands off the coast of Asia.When finding it was not the east indies he named it the west indies.
When did the Tudor explorers explore?
after Christopher Columbus found the West Indies.
What name did Columbus give to the natives of the West Indies?
Indians
Where did christopher Columbus travel on his first voyage?
Columbus ended up in the islands of the Caribbean, west of Cuba.
Explorer who discovered the islands later known as the west indies?
Columbus
What group of islands did Columbus sail through his voyage?
The West Indies.
Why did Columbus call the people he found in the land discovered Indians?
Because he erroneously believed that he had reached India by sailing west from the Old World. Columbus had no idea that he had actually landed in the New World.
How did christropher Columbus get the name antigua?
It was one of the islands in the West Indies that he discovered.
