He called the natives "Indians" because it was short for indigenous. India at the time did not exist. It was called Hindustan.
2007-01-05 15:19:36 · 7 answers · asked by prettyprincess 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
That area collectively was call the indies or east indies. Columbus under estimated the distance from Europe to the East Indies.
this article should help
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Indies
2007-01-05 15:28:51 · answer #1 · answered by aalma00 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
but the people there were called indians and his boat went the other way and he thought he was in Hindustan.
2007-01-05 15:29:26 · answer #2 · answered by ikizler_twins 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He thought he was in India because e did not knew how it look like, he knew only the writings of Marco Polo.
2007-01-05 15:29:12 · answer #3 · answered by Veronica G 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well maybe there was no sign on the beach when Colombus arrived.
2007-01-05 15:38:13 · answer #4 · answered by kevin_4508 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
are you a blonde maybe a wannabe blonde? was you not paying attention in history class?
2007-01-05 15:55:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
hey your smart
thank you for this information I did not know
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2007-01-06 05:26:17 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Way cool..........I did not know this - thank you!
2007-01-05 15:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by Turtleshell 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋