[["Christopher Columbus was actually looking for a shortcut to Asia. He misunderstood the actual size of the world, and was unaware he would encounter an entire continent in his path. ", 52.0], ["Columbus was trying to sail to China.  The court of the great khan as he put it.  However , he believed he arrived at an island off the coast of India. ", 43.0], ["christopher columbus Was trying to get to India, but accidentally got to America. He didn\u2019t even know he got to a new mainland.\neventually, americo vespucio got to America and realized it\u2019s a new mainland. And that\u2019s why America named America, because of americo vespucio.", 28.0]]
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