他继续航行，到达东印度群岛(印度尼西亚)，横跨印度洋到达非洲最南端的好望角。
From there he proceeded to the East Indies (Indonesia) and across the Indian Ocean to the Cape of Good Hope at the southern tip of Africa.
后来，西班牙人发现了哥伦布的错误，便把这里改名为西印度群岛，以区别于太平洋上的“香料群岛”(又名“东印度群岛”)，即如今的印度尼西亚。
Later when Columbus' mistake was discovered, Spain renamed them the West Indies, to distinguish them from the Spice Islands (the East Indies), which is in the Pacific Ocean and we now call Indonesia.
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