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.
He originally thought he found a route to India and these were its natives.
He Called Them Indians.The Name Stuck Even Year After The Mistake Was Discovered..
He called them taino indians because of there disgusting filth.
arawak
Yes he actually met the Emperor The great Kublai Khan and worked for him as ambassador.
indians
Indians. Indians are what the europeans called the natives when they first met in the tundra region Canada.
He originally thought he found a route to India and these were its natives.
He Called Them Indians.The Name Stuck Even Year After The Mistake Was Discovered..
He called them taino indians because of there disgusting filth.
arawak
Yes he actually met the Emperor The great Kublai Khan and worked for him as ambassador.
He called the people that he first encountered Indians because he thought he had landed in India, due to the fact that people in the Renaissance time didn't know about the "New World" to the west.
Columbus believed he had reached the Indies when he arrived in North America, so he called the people he found there "Indians". Though this term has been inaccurate since it was first used, the term "Native American" did not come into use until centuries later.
The Arawaks.
thounsands of native americans died of small pox
Magellan met native americans