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Why are the Carribean Islands that Christopher Columbus reached were referred as West Indies?

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  1. He thought he'd gotten to India, to distinguish them from the islands near India, called the East Indies. (or, Indonesia)


  2. He originally thought they were a part of India.

  3. he was lost and trying to get to india around the other way  
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