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What were the misconceptions Christopher Columbus has of the people he called Indians?

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Christopher Columbus described the Native Americans "Indians" in the misguided certainty that he had discovered India. Columbus arrived in the Americas in 1492.

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This terrestrial zone was soon retitled the "New World." Christopher Columbus lived as an Italian voyager and navigator in the support of Spain.

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