Final answer:
Christopher Columbus mistakenly thought he was on the coast of Asia when he reached the Bahamas in 1492.
Therefore, option 3) is correct.
Step-by-step explanation:
When Christopher Columbus first reached the Bahamas, he thought he was on the coast of Asia. Columbus held the erroneous view that he would be landing in Asia because he underestimated the size of the Earth and was unaware of the existence of the Americas. On October 12, 1492, he made landfall on an island in the Bahamas and continued to explore the region, visiting other islands including one he named Hispaniola, which is the present-day Dominican Republic and Haiti. Columbus mistakenly believed he had arrived in the East Indies, and the native Taino people he encountered were called "Indios" by him, a term that led to the use of the word "Indian" for the indigenous peoples of the New World.