USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Christopher Columbus thought he was in Asia when he landed in the New World because he did not know there was land between Europe and Asia when sailing west.

Detailed explanation-2: -Columbus called all the people he met in the islands ‘Indians’, because he was sure that he had reached the Indies. This initial encounter opened up the ‘New World’ to European colonisation, which would come to have a devastating impact on indigenous populations.

Detailed explanation-3: -Columbus referred to the native people living there as “Indians", believing he had actually reached “The Indies” in Asia. He continued to believe this until the end of his life. On 3rd August 1492 Christopher Columbus left Spain with three ships. On 12th October 1492 the crew sighted land.

Detailed explanation-4: -On August 3, 1492, Columbus and his crew set sail from Spain in three ships: the Niña, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. On October 12, the ships made landfall-not in the East Indies, as Columbus assumed, but on one of the Bahamian islands, likely San Salvador.