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Yes. In 1492 Columbus sailed across the Atlantic Ocean with three boats, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nina. He and his crew were trying to find India. Where he landed was what we now call the United States of America.
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∙ 14y agobut after his death people realized that he did
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∙ 13y agoNo, he thought he had landed on islands off of the Indies
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∙ 11y agoNO. Columbus was trying to reach the 'Spice Islands' The islands off the southern coast of modern India.
When he first landed he thought that that was where he was.
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∙ 11y agoNo, he thought he had landed in India.
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Who was the first man to realize that Columbus discovered a new continent?
Columbus did NOT discover America. He found an island he called Hispaniola and never made it to America. It is a fable that he discovered it.
When did Columbus realize he had discovered a new land mass and not just a coast of china?
The people looked different, and the stuff he traded was different too.
Christopher Columbus where was the places that he explored and what is it called to day?
Christopher Columbus discovered the 'New World' now known as America.
What happened as a result of Columbus coming to the American continents?
Christopher Columbus discovered several islands, opened up trade between the New and Old worlds, and encouraged exploration of the New World. The Columbian Exchange
What does the new world mean and how does it affect the slave trade?
the new world is the world that Columbus discovered for the Europeans. If it was not for the new world the slave trade could have easily died out.
Who was the first man to realize that Columbus discovered a new continent?
Columbus did NOT discover America. He found an island he called Hispaniola and never made it to America. It is a fable that he discovered it.
The sailor who discovered the new world?
Christopher Columbus is considered to be the sailor who discovered the New World.
Discovered the new world in 1492?
Christopher Columbus
When did the Europeans discover the new world?
The vikings are believed to have discovered the new world first but Christopher Columbus "discovered the new world" in 1629
Did Christopher ever realize what he discovered?
No he never knew that he discovered the New World.!
When Christopher Columbus died he .?
Never new he had discovered a new world
What was Christopher Columbus looking for when he discovered the New World?
goldand goods
Who realize that Columbus had discovered a new continent?
Amerigo Vespucci, an Italian explorer, was one of the first to realize that Christopher Columbus had discovered a new continent and not Asia in his voyages to the Americas. Vespucci's observations and writings helped to establish the idea that a new landmass had been found, eventually leading to the continent being named after him - America.
How did the crusades lead to columbus voyage of discovery?
It was in pursuit of such trade routes the Columbus "discovered" the New World.
What ocen did Columbus sailed across to discovered the new world?
pacific ocean
Who made four trips to the new world but never knew he discovered a new land?
Columbus
When did Columbus realize he had discovered a new land mass and not just a coast of china?
The people looked different, and the stuff he traded was different too.
