What were the reasons for the four voyages made by Christopher Columbus?

Question

i would like to know why or what made Christopher Columbus make all four voyages? Anything in special ?

Answer 1

he was trying to find India?

Answer 2

Christopher Columbus was a self taught man who sought adventure & glory.Believing in prophecies he was convinced that his destiny lay in discovering the route to the east (the Indes) by sailing westwards.

Answer 3

Europe had long enjoyed a safe passage to China and India— sources of valued goods such as silk, spices and opiates— under the hegemony of the Mongol Empire (the Pax Mongolica, or "Mongol peace"). With the Fall of Constantinople to the Muslims in 1453, the land route to Asia was no longer an easy route. Portuguese sailors took to traveling south around Africa to Asia. Columbus had a different idea. By the 1480s, he had developed a plan to travel to the Indies, then construed roughly as all of south and east Asia, by sailing directly west across the "Ocean Sea," i.e., the Atlantic.

In 1485, Columbus presented his plans to John II, King of Portugal. He proposed the king equip three sturdy ships and grant Columbus one year's time to sail out into the Atlantic, search for a western route to Orient, and then return home. Columbus also requested he be made "Great Admiral of the Ocean", created governor of any and all lands he discovered, and given one-tenth of all revenue from those lands discovered. The king submitted the proposal to his experts, who rejected it. It was their considered opinion that Columbus' proposed route of 2,400 miles was, in fact, far too short.

In 1488 Columbus appealed to the court of Portugal once again, and once again John invited him to an audience. It too was to come to nothing, for not long afterwards came the arrival of Portugal's native son Bartholomeu Dias from a successful rounding of the Horn of Africa. Portugal was no longer interested in trailblazing a western route to the East.

He had sought an audience from the monarchs Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile, who had united the largest kingdoms of Spain by marrying and were ruling together. On May 01, 1486, permission having been granted, Columbus laid his plans before Queen Isabella, who, in turn, referred it to a committee. After the passing of much time, these savants of Spain, like their counterparts in Portugal, reported back that Columbus had judged the distance to Asia too short, much too short. They pronounced the idea impractical, and advised their Royal Highness' to pass on the proposed venture.

Answer 4

the discovery of new lands and routes was profitable for the expansion of trade at home and abroad hence, christopher columbus and the others made voyages

Answer 5

He was in quest for India, through, different route, but, never found it

Answer 6

Adventure looking for new wealth and opportunities.