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.
When Christopher Columbus first came to Dominican republic he named it Hispaniola.(:
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Christopher Columbus never landed in the Hawaiian Islands.
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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")
When Christopher Columbus first came to Dominican republic he named it Hispaniola.(:
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Christopher Columbus never landed in the Hawaiian Islands.
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He called them Indians.
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Christopher Columbus referred to the indigenous people he encountered on the islands of the Caribbean as "Indians," believing he had reached the East Indies. This term was a misnomer based on his mistaken belief that he had found a new route to Asia. The specific groups he encountered, such as the Taíno, had their own distinct identities and cultures, which Columbus did not recognize.
Most of the Caribbean Islands had indigenous people who lived on each island well before Columbus ever arrived. Each people had their own name.
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