the Indies

It was in search of Cathay and the Indies, their riches, that spurred Columbus to sail west, where he found a new continent instead.

When Cortez arrived to what he believed to be the Indies, he discovered an enchanted world of resources and wide commercial practices.

I shall begin like plenty of energetic men who have gone to the Indies young , without a penny , and have come back rich .

During all his trips, Columbus explored islands and waterways, searching for a passage to the Indies.

But Columbus called these islands the Indies because he thought he had finally reached Asia (and the East Indies).

HMV's logo famously shows a terrier listening intently to a gramophone; even the indies hope the top dog regains its form.

Now I've come back to the indies because I got on that treadmill and I couldn't get off for a while.

Before I left Mozambique to follow those explorers toward the Indies, Ihad exposed 143 rolls of film just on the woman of the island.

But where they were? Columbus was certain they had foundone of the islands of the Indies, just south of Japan or China.

We can ignore neither the wealth of the Indies nor the realities of the immediate needs of our cities, our citizens, or our civics .

Dutchmen can be found trading in the Indies, where they give the locals a run for their money, and the Caribbean.

By sailing with these winds, Columbus hoped to arrive in the Indies in about three weeks.

because he was sure that he had reached the Indies.

Can you hold on to lands in the New World, or establish a rich trading empire in the Indies?

According to Columbus's own reckoning he was near the Indies , so he called the Island people los Indios.

The lake is good for nothing except sea-fowl, herons, and oysters, and forms such a place as they call in the Indies a lagoon;

after that would come the turn of the lamplighters of russia and the indies ;