Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Eastern Asia” in entry indians-american of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:

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Believing the earth to be a globe, Columbus expected to find India or Eastern Asia by sailing westward from Spain. The first land discovered by him—one of the Bahama Islands—he supposed to be a part of India, and he called the inhabitants Indians. This name was ...
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