Oh, dude, Columbus called the natives he met "Indians" because he thought he had reached the East Indies when he actually landed in the Americas. So, like, he was totally off by, like, a whole continent. Classic Columbus, am I right?
arawak
He originally thought he found a route to India and these were its natives.
He called them taino indians because of there disgusting filth.
Christopher Columbus named the Natives of America Indians. Christopher Columbus gave this name because he thought he was near the Indian Ocean and the people were Indians.
i do not think that Christopher Columbus had anything in common with the natives he discovered ^ | Wrong Christopher and the natives both enjoyed architecture and fine arts. Christopher Columbus and Ferdinand Magellan resemble (common or similar) because they traveled west in search of aisa
indians
arawak
He originally thought he found a route to India and these were its natives.
Indians. Indians are what the europeans called the natives when they first met in the tundra region Canada.
Yes and No. SOme of the Natives he encountered were taken as slaves, Others though were treated with respect and even bargained with.
The natives Columbus encountered in Hispaniola were the Taíno people.
AnswerIn the time of Christopher Columbus, it was unthinkable that a person in Western Europe could be other than a devout Catholic. Columbus was motivated by greed and religion in his voyages of discovery. The natives he met were required, on pain of death or slavery, to become Christians.
He called them taino indians because of there disgusting filth.
Columbus went west to go east, but he thought he was in India. He called the people he met "indians". His diary reflects he didn't think much of them and thought they would make good slaves. He mainly wanted them to bring him gold. When one man brought a few nuggets to him Columbus got so mad he cut the man's hands off. Columbus was a greedy man who wanted riches, and power.
he enslaved or killed them
The first person to call Native Americans "Indians" was probably Christopher Columbus or a member of his crew. Remember that for some years after Columbus' landings in the Caribbean, He and the Europeans who followed him thought they had reached "the Indies" ( the region we now call "east Asia")
Christopher Columbus named the Natives of America Indians. Christopher Columbus gave this name because he thought he was near the Indian Ocean and the people were Indians.