900 million, or about 13 percent of the world's population.
In 1492, Christopher Columbus discovered the continents of North America and South America.
The population density was about 19 people per square mile in North America
not 900 million. at most 200 million, but rapidly declined because of famine and disease brought by the Europeans.
In the millions of Native Americans societies.
Conditions in North and South America before 1492. -Apex
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He landed in the Bahamas, south of Florida.
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He thought he was traveling around the world to India, he had no idea that North and South America existed. That's why when he landed, he called the natives there "Indians".
Estimates suggest that there were between 50-100 million indigenous people living in North and South America when Columbus landed in the Caribbean Islands in 1492. However, this number significantly declined due to diseases, war, and forced labor after European contact.
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