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What did columbus call the caribbean islands?


    



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Bebe
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Christopher Columbus went looking for India, so originally he thought he found India so thats what he called it. When, they realized it wasnt India, then it was called the West Indies. He also named the Bahamas 'San Salvador'. He named Hispanola, Hispanola & he named Puerto Rico 'San Juan Bautista'.


Bajan Princess =]
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We all know that the people he came across he called Indians but didnt he call the Islands the west indies?

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San Salvador was one of the islands in the Caribbean Sea, a body of water between North America and South America. The islands of the Caribbean are part of the West Indies. The West Indies received its name because Columbus believed the native people of the Caribbean Islands were Indians.The Caribbean Sea is named for the Carib, nomadic sea-faring warriors who lived in the region when Columbus arrived.


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I think hispaniola. But i remember learning that when he was in the caribbean islands he thought he was in India.


Simone
he called them the Indians.


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I believe it was called Newfoundland



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