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How many years passed between the time prince Henry started a school for navigators and Columbus reached north America?
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What Columbus believed that he had reached India what did he call the people he found there?
Indians (Apex)
Who named the Indians?
Christopher Colubus did. He named them Indians because he was trying to sail around the world to India, and was not expecting America. Therefore, when he found America was inhabited, he called the residents of America Indians, because he thought he reached India.
Who lived in south America before the spanish?
Columbus never got to the "Americas". He did land in islands in the Bahamas and never reached the American continent. Had he landed in South America or Mexico he may have found Incas and Mayans as well as many other Native American peoples.
Did the Titanic survivers reach America?
yes many of them reached America on the SS Carpathia
Who explored the west Indies?
Christopher Columbus. He thought he had reached India and named the island "Indies" and called its inhabitants, "Indians". Later Amerigo Vespucci proved that Colombus had actually found the New Lands, and not India. The island was then renamed "West Indies".
How many years passed between the time Prince Henry started school for navigators and Columbus reached north America?
30
How old was Columbus when he fond America?
Columbus was 41 years old when he reached America
Who reached north America first Columbous or Ericson?
Leif Ericson beat Columbus to it by about 500 years. Ericson reached north America first. Later, Columbus reached central America, but he never actually reached north America.
Who reached north America Christopher Columbus or Leif Ericson?
Christopher Columbus.
What country was Columbus sailing for when he reached America?
Spain.
Did christopher Columbus travel to North America?
Technically, Christopher Columbus never actually reached North America, because he never came to the mainland. Columbus reached several of the Caribbean islands by ship.
When did the nordic explorers reach America?
They reached North America 500 years before Columbus reached the Bahamas.
Reached America by sailing west from Europe?
Christopher Columbus
What boat was Christopher Columbus on when he reached America?
The Santa Maria.
What groups of Europeans reached North America about 500 years before Columbus?
The Vikings were the first Europeans who reached North America about 500 years before Christopher Columbus and their leader was Leif Erikson
What problems did Christopher Columbus have?
he got into fights with his crew when he reached America!
Who reached America 500 years before Columbus?
lief ericsson
