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Likurg_2 [28]
3 years ago
8

Why did the native people of the newly discovered lands become known as Indians?

History
2 answers:
Yakvenalex [24]3 years ago
6 0
It was an error of Christopher Columbus. Note it was a geographical error he mistaken the native american lands for India.
Ilya [14]3 years ago
5 0
When the people who set out on their voyages, they were trying to go to India. When they found America, they assumed they had reached India, and so called the inhabitants Indians.
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