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Why filipino called indio by the Spaniards?
Indio meant native of the Indies. Look up West and East Indies.
Did Christopher Columbus discover the East Indies?
No. Columbus discovered the West Indies while trying to reach the East Indies, which the Europeans already knew existed.
What connected the east coast to the west coast?
The transcontinental railroad
Why Columbus design the plan enterprise of the indies?
The enterprise of the indies was Columbus's plan to sail West and end Up East
What the islands that lies the farthest east of all the West Indies islands?
Barbados
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.
Why are the Caribbeans island 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 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.
What was the french colony in the West Indies called?
The island of Ouessant (French: ile d'Ouessant), 20 km west of the western coast of Brittany, is France's westernmost spot.
Why filipino called indio by the Spaniards?
Indio meant native of the Indies. Look up West and East Indies.
What is the difference between east and west coast?
The east coast is on the east and the west coast is on the west.
Is NWA west or east coast?
west coast
What is the farthest east of all of the islands of the West Indies?
Puerto Rico is the farthest east of all the West Indies countries
Who is the indies?
There are two 'Indies'. The West Indies (Caribbean) and the East Indies (South and Southeast Aisa).
Are the West Indies east or west of the prime meridian?
West
Why are the Caribbean islands called the west lndies?
Columbus called these islands the Indiesbecause he thought he had finally reached Asia (and the East Indies). Spain, when Columbus' mistake was discovered, (pardon the pun) renamed them the West Indies, to distinguish them from the Spice Islands in the Pacific Ocean, (the East Indies) which we now call Indonesia.
