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Why did christopher columbus call the people he encountered in america “indios”

Why did christopher columbus call the people he encountered in america “indios”
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Why did christopher columbus call the people he encountered in america “indios”

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When Europeans came to our continent, America, they called the people who lived here Indians because they thought they had come to India.

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