Question: What incorrect term for the indigenous population originated with the first explorer to discover new land west of Africa and the continent of Galdhøpiggen?

The Americas came to be known as the "West Indies", a name still used to refer to the islands of the Caribbean Sea. This led to the names "Indies" and "Indian", which implied some kind of racial or cultural unity among the aboriginal peoples of the Americas. This unifying concept, codified in law, religion, and politics, was not originally accepted by indigenous peoples but has been embraced by many over the last two centuries. [citation needed] Even though the term "Indian" does not include the Aleuts, Inuit, or Yupik peoples, these groups are considered indigenous peoples of the Americas. Application of the term "Indian" originated with Christopher Columbus, who, in his search for Asia, thought that he had arrived in the East Indies. <SEP> Galdhøpiggen is the tallest mountain in Norway, Scandinavia and Northern Europe, at 2,469 m (8,100 ft) above sea level. It is in the municipality of Lom (in Oppland), in the Jotunheimen mountain area. <SEP> the european colonization of the americas forever changed the lives and cultures of the peoples of the continents. although the exact pre-contact population of the americas is unknown, scholars estimate that native american populations diminished by between 80 and 90% within the first centuries of contact with europeans. the leading cause was disease. the continent was ravaged by epidemics of diseases such as smallpox, measles, and cholera, which were brought from europe by the early explorers and spread quickly into new areas even before later explorers and colonists reached them. native americans suffered high mortality rates due to their lack of prior exposure to these diseases. the loss of lives was exacerbated by conflict between colonists and indigenous people. colonists also frequently perpetrated massacres on the indigenous groups and enslaved them. according to the u.s. bureau of the census (1894), the north american indian wars of the 19th century cost the lives of about 19,000 whites and 30,000 native americans. <SEP> Portugal's neighbouring fellow Iberian rival, Castile, had begun to establish its rule over the Canary Islands, located off the west African coast, in 1402, but then became distracted by internal Iberian politics and the repelling of Islamic invasion attempts and raids through most of the 15th century. Only late in the century, following the unification of the crowns of Castile and Aragon and the completion of the reconquista, did an emerging modern Spain become fully committed to the search for new trade routes overseas. In 1492 the joint rulers conquered the Moorish kingdom of Granada, which had been providing Castile with African goods through tribute, and decided to fund Christopher Columbus's expedition in the hope of bypassing Portugal's monopoly on west African sea routes, to reach ``the Indies ''(east and south Asia) by travelling west. The Crown of Aragon had been an important maritime potentate in the Mediterranean, controlling territories in eastern Spain, southwestern France, major islands like Sicily, Malta, and the Kingdom of Naples and Sardinia, with mainland possessions as far as Greece. Twice before, in 1485 and 1488, Columbus had presented the project to king John II of Portugal, who rejected it. <SEP> the history of new zealand dates back at least 700 years to when it was discovered and settled by polynesians, who developed a distinct māori culture centred on kinship links and land. the first european explorer to sight new zealand was dutch navigator abel tasman on 13 december 1642. the dutch were also the first non-natives to explore and chart new zealand's coastline. captain james cook, who reached new zealand in october 1769 on the first of his three voyages, was the first european explorer to circumnavigate and map new zealand. from the late 18th century, the country was regularly visited by explorers and other sailors, missionaries, traders and adventurers. in 1840 the treaty of waitangi was signed between the british crown and various māori chiefs, bringing new zealand into the british empire and giving māori the same rights as british subjects. there was extensive british settlement throughout the rest of the century and into the early part of the next century. war and the imposition of a european economic and legal system led to most of new zealand's land passing from māori to pākehā (european) ownership, and most māori subsequently became impoverished.