FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
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America
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Asia
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Africa
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Iceland
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Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -Columbus’ goal was to prove you could go west to reach the lands of the East–China and Japan. Columbus missed his goal by about 8, 000 miles. But he never admitted it.
Detailed explanation-3: -In the 15th and 16th centuries, Europeans wanted to find sea routes to the Far East. Columbus wanted to find a new route to India, China, Japan and the Spice Islands. If he could reach these lands, he would be able to bring back rich cargoes of silks and spices.
Detailed explanation-4: -Christopher Columbus, of course, thought he had arrived in the “Indies, ” an old name for Asia (although the phrase “the East Indies” is still often used in historical reference to the islands of southeast Asia).