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Is it possible that a later explorer other then Columbus could land in OTL Lesser Antilles, and believe that he had landed in the Ryukyu Islands of Japan? I assume that he would be Portuguese, as Portugal had traveled around Japan more than any other Europeans at the time. The explorer himself would probably not have been to Ryukyu himself, so he would not wonder why the people have darker skin, and the cities that should be there, aren't.

This is for my TL in the works, with the POD being in 1440s, so Portugal would have traveled around differently and at different times. Let's try and focus on would it have been named that, rather than the reason they are exploring later and why they are Portuguese. You know, spoilers and all.
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