Most of the Caribbean islands had indigenous people who lived on each island well before Columbus ever arrived. Each people had their name.
When Christopher Columbus landed in America he thought he was in India so he called the people Indians.
Christopher Columbus is an Italian who was born in 1451. In 1492 he made a voyage which lead to his discovery of the Americas, although he thought he had actually landed in India. This is why he called the local people he discovered "Indians".
He discovered America! Although it was named for someone else named Amerigo Vespucci, who had discovered south America.He Thought it was IndiaHe called native American "indians" because he thought he was in India
The people who he called Indiens.
When Christopher Columbus came to America and thought he was in India so he called the people living there Indians.
Columbus thought he was in the East Indies. Thus he called the native people Indians
Columbus thought he was in the East Indies. Thus he called the native people Indians
He discovered America! Although it was named for someone else named Amerigo Vespucci, who had discovered south America.He Thought it was IndiaHe called native American "indians" because he thought he was in India
Christopher Columbus called the Natives in America Indians because he believed that he landed in India.
Upon reaching what is now North America, Christopher Columbus, whose original goal was to sail around the world to India, thought that he had accomplished his goal. When he discovered that there were natives in the New World, he mistakenly called them Indians, believing that they were natives of India.
He called them taino indians because of there disgusting filth.
San Salvador was the name Christopher Columbus gave the island he landed on in the Bahamas. The island is now known as Guanahani.