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Columbus was seeking a short route to India, and for the first decade of exploration many believed that the dark-skinned natives of the Caribbean might be tribes of southern Asia. Once it became clear that it was a New World, Spanish conquistadors began to conquer and plunder, seeking gold and jewels and establishing colonies in the Caribbean and Central America.

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he came to the Caribbean because some of the people needed more slaves

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He was searching for a shorter, faster trade route to India.

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