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Which native American groups were in the west indies when Columbus landed?
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∙ 11y ago
Actually, native Americans lived in North America. The Amerindians of the West Indies were a tribe of nomadic people who wandered across the Bering Strait hundreds of years ago in pursuit of animal herds. they traveled across the north american continent to settle in Central America, South America and the West Indies. the descendants of the nomadic hunters settled in those regions and developed diverse traditions, functions and lifestyles. In the West Indies, the Amerindians people are known as Tainos, Caribs, Mayans, Aztecs, Arawaks, Kalinagoes. not all the groups mentioned were settled in the West Indies.
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∙ 13y agothe mayas, kalinagoes and the tainoes were present.
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Where was Columbus headed when he accidentally landed in the West Indies?
Columbus was headed to the Asia (then called the Indies), specifically India and China.
Why did Columbus want to find India?
India This is why when Columbus landed in the New World, he called the Native Americans he found "Indians".
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.
What 2 American men landed on the moon in the 1960s?
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong landed on the moon on July 20, 1969 while on the Apollo 11 mission.
What was the year the Europeans came to the Caribbean?
Supposedly, "In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue" Most people agree he landed some where in the Caribbean, not on North America.
Which native America groups were in the west indies when Columbus landed?
The Taino
When Columbus first landed in the west indies who did he encounter?
The Taino
When columbus first landed in the west indies what did he encounter?
The Taino....
Where was Columbus headed when he accidentally landed in the West Indies?
Columbus was headed to the Asia (then called the Indies), specifically India and China.
When Columbus landed in the Americans why did they think that he had arrived in the indies?
No one new that the North American (or South American) continents existed! Also the goal of Columbus' trip was to find a new, and faster route to Asia.
Where did Columbus ship land?
Christopher Columbus landed in the West Indies. He called it it that because he thought his in the west of India
Christopher Columbus trip to the indies how long?
He didn't make it to the Indies and only was at sea for 36 days when he landed on Hispaniola.
Where in Americas did Columbus land?
Columbus landed on the American continent in Honduras
What is Christopher Columbus known for doing?
he was a explorer that wanted to find the indies but landed in america.
Who landed on an island off the southern tip of Florida and thought they reach the indies?
columbus
Where did Columbus think he had landed when he had reached the Bahamas?
Columbus thought he was in the East Indies. Thus he called the native people Indians
What year did Columbus set a fleet with three ships to find the indies?
In 1492, Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean in hopes of reaching the East Indies. He did not reach the East Indies, but landed instead in the Bahamas archipelago.
