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∙ 13y agoHe called them Indians because he was on his way to India and thought they were the Indians.
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∙ 12y agoBecause 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.
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∙ 11y agoColumbus originally thought that he had sailed all the way around the world and had arrived in India.
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Why did colombus call the natives he met Indians?
Columbus called Native Americans Indians. The story is that Columbus thought he had reached India, and Indians would be the native inhabitants. By the time Columbus realized that he was not in India, the name had already stuck.
Who were the people Columbus encountered in the bahamas and what did he call them?
He encountered Native Americans, he believed he had arrived at India so he called them indians.
Who gave the Native American the name Indians?
Columbus called the Native Americans Indians, because he thought he was in India when he arrived in America. The name stuck, and we still call them Indians today.
Columbus believed that he had reached India. what did he call the people he found there?
Indians (Apex)
Why did Columbus call the native he met Indians?
He originally thought he found a route to India and these were its natives.
Why did colombus call the natives he met Indians?
Columbus called Native Americans Indians. The story is that Columbus thought he had reached India, and Indians would be the native inhabitants. By the time Columbus realized that he was not in India, the name had already stuck.
Who were the people Columbus encountered in the Bahamas and what did he call?
He encountered Native Americans, he believed he had arrived at India so he called them indians.
Who were the people Columbus encountered in the bahamas and what did he call them?
He encountered Native Americans, he believed he had arrived at India so he called them indians.
What did the White people call the Indians?
Native Americans in S. America and N. America including Central America, in India we just call them Indians. We call Native Americans indians because columbus made the critical mistake of thinking he landed on the sub-continent of India for a new spice trade with the Indians and called them natives "Indians" due to this mistake.
Who gave the Native American the name Indians?
Columbus called the Native Americans Indians, because he thought he was in India when he arrived in America. The name stuck, and we still call them Indians today.
Columbus believed that he had reached India. what did he call the people he found there?
Indians (Apex)
Columbus believed that he had reach India. What did he call the people he found there?
Indians (Apex)
What Columbus believed that he had reached India what did he call the people he found there?
Indians (Apex)
Why did Columbus call the native he met Indians?
He originally thought he found a route to India and these were its natives.
Who was the first person to call natives Indians?
The first person to call Native Americans "Indians" was probably Christopher Columbus or a member of his crew. Remember that for some years after Columbus' landings in the Caribbean, He and the Europeans who followed him thought they had reached "the Indies" ( the region we now call "east Asia")
What do Indians call white people?
They call white people "white" in their native language.
Why do we still call Native Americans 'Indians' if it has been obvious for a long time has Columbus was wrong about them?
Because there are people who are idiots and don't know this and continually misuse the term Indian when 'Indian' refers to people from the country of India not the indigenous people of North America who are just Native Americans not Indians.
