n 1492, Christopher Columbus, a explorer for Spain, tried to sail to India but accidentally landed in a large land mass which is now known as present-day America. This land mass was never seen or known by any Europeans. Because of this, he believed he was in India. Instead, he landed in present-day Bahamas. In the Bahamas, a archipelago located south east of Mexico, Columbus found native people that he misjudged as the native people of India for no one knew about the land mass in the middle of Asia and Europe. He found land, riches, spices, and many things his home never had seen before! As he returned home to Spain, he brought natives with him. He conquered the native tribes living there. When he returned to Spain months later, King Fernandid
