-in 15th century, people had no way of judging longitude based on the stars
-learned geographer greatly misjudged the distance to Asia going westward
-when Columbus landed, he thought he was in the Indies
-named the people "Indians" and the island the "West Indies"
-although he had found land, it did not match descriptions of the incredible Far East.
-Until Columbus's death in 1506, he continued to search for the elusive passage to the East
-Church and government officials readily accepted the new landmass for what it was: a new horizon for conversion and wealth
-Conquest began immediatly
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