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WORLD HISTORY
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Question
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Where did Christopher Columbus think he was after arriving from his first voyage?
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Asia
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Africa
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Caribbean
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America
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -He thought that he had found it in Cuba, where he landed on October 28, but he convinced himself by November 1 that Cuba was the Cathay mainland itself, though he had yet to see evidence of great cities.
Detailed explanation-2: -Columbus supposed that his fleet had landed on one of the many islands that Marco Polo had reported lay just off the coast of Asia. They must have reached the Indies, he thought-islands reputedly near India and known today as the East Indies.
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