After his first voyage, Christopher Columbus believed that he had
A) discovered a New World.
B) failed at what he had set out to do.
C) sailed to the outskirts of the East Indies.
D) sailed around the world.
E) reached the shores of Japan.

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Columbus believed he had reached the outskirts of the East Indies, specifically islands off the Asian continent, not realizing he had encountered a previously unknown continent to Europeans.

After His First Voyage, Christopher Columbus Believed That He Had