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Set sail in 1492, Christopher Columbus thought he found an easier way to get to Asia even having letters for Asian empires to negotiate trade deals. However, Columbus arrived in the Bahamas, not Asia, and called the people he met in Hispaniola "Indians" because he thought they were from India. He went to his grave thinking this and was debunked by Amerigo Vespucci who America was named after.
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