What kind of world did Columbus and other Europeans encounter when they set foot in the Americas? Did this world mesh with the popular vision of "Native Americans?"

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15 March, 04:22

What kind of world did Columbus and other Europeans encounter when they set foot in the Americas? Did this world mesh with the popular vision of "Native Americans?"

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Katie Oneal · Answer 1

The encountered a new and rich land that was already inhabited.

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They thought that going strait from Europe will eventually lead them to India because the world is round but instead they ran into America and thus thought the natives were Indians.