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The islands Columbus visited in the Caribbean are called the west indies.
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What was the name of the 1st island Christopher Columbus visited?
san salvador , cuba, trinidad & tobago,the bahamas
What are the three regions Columbus explored?
Christopher Columbus explored North America. He was actually trying to find India, however. This is the reason why Native Americans are called "Indians", because they were believed to be from India.
What are the islands Christopher Columbus explored called?
The Islands Christopher Columbus explored was Cuba, Jamaica, Hispaniola, Puerto Rico, and the Bahamas.
Where did Columbus specifically land upon his arrival to the New World?
He landed in the Caribbean islands that are now called the West Indies.
Why did christopher Columbus call the Caribbean the newworld?
Columbus called the Caribbean 'the new world' because he thought he'd discovered a new island, and built a city on it. but actually the native Americans were their first.
What four lands did Christopher Columbus reach in his voyages?
Columbus reached all the major islands of the caribbean and Honduras in Central America which he called the Indies
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.
The Caribbean islands make up a large group of islands called what?
The Caribbean islands make up a large group of islands called the Caribbean archipelago. This archipelago consists of over 7000 islands, of which about 13 are independent countries.
Why did Columbus called the people in the lands he discovered Indians?
Most of the Caribbean islands had indigenous people who lived on each island well before Columbus ever arrived. Each people had their name.
Islands of Indonesia called Islands by Columbus?
Spice
What are he islands that stretch from Florida to Venezuela?
the so-called "leeward" islands. Together with the so-called 'windward' islands further east they form the Caribbean islands.
What are Caribbean island also known as?
The Caribbean Island are also known as the West Indies. This occurred when Columbus explored the area. He had believed he was exploring the East Indies. When he found this was not the case he called the islands the West Indies.
Why was Caribbean Islands called the West Indies?
The Caribbean Islands were called the West Indies because when Christopher Columbus arrived in the region in 1492, he mistakenly believed he had found a route to the Indies, which referred to the lands of India and Southeast Asia. He named the islands "Indies" in reference to this belief. The term "West Indies" was used to distinguish these islands from the "East Indies," which referred to the Asian territories. Over time, the name became widely accepted for the Caribbean region.
The many islands that streach from Florida to venzeuela are called the?
the Caribbean islands
What island chain is Grenada part of?
Grenada is part of a chain of islands called? It is part of the Caribbean Islands.
What are the islands of the Caribbean called?
Garp the moelie
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.
