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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".
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Christopher Columbus made 4 voyages to the west Indies
after Christopher Columbus found the West Indies.
No. Columbus discovered the West Indies while trying to reach the East Indies, which the Europeans already knew existed.
The enterprise of the indies was Columbus's plan to sail West and end Up East
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".
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