What was his motivation for coming east?
Who paid for his voyage?
Where did he actually land?
2007-01-17 04:52:16 · 7 answers · asked by xo_Proud Marcher_ox 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
1. Money
2. King and Queen of Spain
3. San Salvador
He also butchered and enslaved many indigenous people.
2007-01-17 05:00:05 · answer #1 · answered by trer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Columbus was looking for a passage to far eastern countries such as India, believing that if he sailed straight west long enough he would eventually reach India. He was partially right, but what he didn't know was that there were a number of chunks of land between Spain and the far east going that way.
Unable to gain support from others - such as his native Italy, Columbus went to the Spanish court. Queen Isabella and her husband King Ferdinand paid for his voyage. He landed in what today is known as San Salvador.
2007-01-17 05:11:24 · answer #2 · answered by some_guy_times_50 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Columbus wanted to reach the far East, to bring spices and other commodities, by going round the other side of the globe instead through land where there where too many wars and hazards. What he did not know was that the circumference of the world was far wider then he believed.
He appealed to his native land Portugal but was rejected so he went to the king and Queen of Spain.
He landed in Hispaniola (What today is believed to be San Salvador)
Columbus thought that he really had reached China or at least nearby islands which would eventually reach him to India. that is why we still call the native Americans 'Indians' and the prickly pear Indian Fig
2007-01-17 05:40:02 · answer #3 · answered by Amante D 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wanting new routes for trade.King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella financed a voyage of exploration..He reached islands of the cost of North America and South America in the Caribbean sea.Know known as the West Indies.
2007-01-17 05:03:50 · answer #4 · answered by horses_america 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Find the West Indies
Queen Isabella
Canary Island, Cuba, San Salvadore
2007-01-17 05:06:50 · answer #5 · answered by Jeancommunicates 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
1. To find a quick water route to the trading centers of eastern Asia following the closing of the land route by the Muslims.
2. The Spanish crown.
3. Hispaniola, I think.
2007-01-17 05:43:27 · answer #6 · answered by nacmanpriscasellers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-16 11:11:24 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋