FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
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Columbus thought he had landed in India.
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Columbus claimed new land for Italy.
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Columbus sailed to the New World four times.
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Columbus believed the Earth was round.
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Detailed explanation-1: -He landed on a small island in the Bahamas, which he named San Salvador. He claimed the island for the King and Queen of Spain, although it was already populated. Columbus called all the people he met in the islands ‘Indians’, because he was sure that he had reached the Indies.
Detailed explanation-2: -On October 12, the expedition reached land, probably Watling Island in the Bahamas. Later that month, Columbus sighted Cuba, which he thought was mainland China, and in December the expedition landed on Hispaniola, which Columbus thought might be Japan.
Detailed explanation-3: -Explorer Christopher Columbus sets foot on the American mainland for the first time, at the Paria Peninsula in present-day Venezuela. Thinking it an island, he christened it Isla Santa and claimed it for Spain.