When Columbus set sail, he apparently assumed the Earth was round, which was why he was convinced that he could get to India by going west.

哥伦布起航的时候，他显然假定地球是圆的，这样他就坚信自己可以通过向西到达印度。

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When Columbus crossed the Atlantic in 1492, his journey prompted the exchange of not only information but also food, animals, insects, plants and viruses between the continents.

当哥伦布1492年横跨大西洋时，他的旅行促进的不仅仅是大陆间的信息交流，还包括食物、昆虫、植物和病毒等。

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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.

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。

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She explains that the Tainos greeted Christopher Columbus when he landed in the New World in 1492, but the Spanish conquistadors who followed him decimated the tribe.

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For example, we know where and when Columbus died -- in the northwestern Spanish city of Valladolid, in 1506 -- but there are questions about where his body lies.

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