FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
PRE COLUMBIAN AMERICA
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Cuba
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Detailed explanation-1: -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: -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: -After sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sights a Bahamian island on October 12, 1492, believing he has reached East Asia.
Detailed explanation-4: -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.