Did Columbus Think He Was In India? Did Columbus think he was in India? Believing he had reached India, the explorer called the natives “Indians.” Stubborn man that he was, he continued to do so even after he found out he hadn’t reached India at all. And by that time, the name had taken hold
Did Christopher Columbus Discover North Or South America? Did Christopher Columbus discover North or South America? In actual fact, Columbus did not discover North America. He was the first European to sight the Bahamas archipelago and then the island later named Hispaniola, now split into Haiti and the Dominican Republic. On his subsequent voyages he
What Did Gaspar Portola Discover? What did Gaspar Portola discover? Portolá led the first extensive exploration by land from San Diego to San Francisco, naming many points along the way. He founded the first two Spanish presidios (San Diego and Monterey). His party included the first Europeans to report on seeing San Francisco Bay (though
Did Amerigo Vespucci Discover America? On May 10, 1497, explorer Amerigo Vespucci embarked on his first voyage. On his third and most successful voyage, he discovered present-day Rio de Janeiro and Rio de la Plata. Believing he had discovered a new continent, he called South America the New World. In 1507, America was named after