european voyage of exploration
2006-09-22 09:40:21 · 11 answers · asked by babbette_1991 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
to find a trade route to India
2006-09-22 09:41:38 · answer #1 · answered by Brand X 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He wanted to find a trade route to the Indies so that trade would be quicker.
He did NOT want to prove the world was round. They already knew that the world was round. The agruement was over the SIZE of the world.
Columbus argued that the world was much smaller and he could travel around the globe in a short enough time.
As wikipedia.org says "No ship in the 15th century could carry enough food to sail from the Canary Islands to Japan. Most European sailors and navigators concluded, correctly, that sailors undertaking a westward voyage from Europe to Asia would die of starvation or thirst long before reaching their destination."
Christopher Columbus lucked out because the continents of North and South America were in the way.
2006-09-22 17:37:24 · answer #2 · answered by meridocbrandybuck 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Believing the world was round , which went against religious opinion at the time, he set off to find a route to the East Indies by traveliing West. He didn't account for a land mass to be in the way, which was the America's and he had mis calculated distances thinking the world to be smaller.
Instead he hit what we know as The Bahamas, he in fact died thinking that he had hit Asia.
Subsequently we call the area the West Indies.
2006-09-22 16:57:00 · answer #3 · answered by Bohemian 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was trying to find a shorter route to India to buy spices in that country. He figured if he headed west instead of around South Africa it would be quicker. He was wrong and landed in the Caribbeans instead.
2006-09-22 16:43:31 · answer #4 · answered by mac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was looking for a trade route to the West Indies.
2006-09-22 16:42:41 · answer #5 · answered by Justsyd 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Money, he wanted to get rich, the spanish court needed money, off he went . Quote from Chris "They have no knowlege of steel but are healthy and will make good slaves ". It has always been about the money.
2006-09-22 16:58:01 · answer #6 · answered by gobobgo55 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he was trying to fing a trade rout to india to prove the earth was round but since noone knew that this country was here he landed here instead thats why native americans were/are called indians cause he called them that cause he thought here was india He proved the earth is round hope i helped
2006-09-22 16:50:28 · answer #7 · answered by Loved 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Looking for spice (and drug) trade since byzantium fell to the muslims.
2006-09-22 16:43:23 · answer #8 · answered by John K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he wanted to find another way to India
2006-09-22 16:41:49 · answer #9 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to proof to the cathlic church that the world was not flat but rounded.
2006-09-22 16:42:33 · answer #10 · answered by lasalle_1986 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋