FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
NATIVE AMERICANS
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Cathay
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Africa
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America
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India
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Detailed explanation-1: -Columbus described the Natives he first encountered as “timid and full of fear.” Why did he then capture some Natives and bring them aboard his ships?
Detailed explanation-2: -Columbus thought he had reached Asia and called this new land the Indies and he called the people there Indians. On his second voyage Columbus sailed with a group of 17 ships! He was sent to find gold and capture Indians. On this voyage he found the island he named Dominica.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -In 1492 there was no country known as India. Instead that country was called Hindustan.