2007-09-13 20:01:13 · 9 answers · asked by zaz 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
To find another route to china/india. New trade routes for the crown. Instead he found a new continent.
2007-09-13 20:04:00 · answer #1 · answered by NY PTK 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Christopher Columbus plan was that he wanted to go to India but he take the Atlantic ocean trace and that take him to the west indies
2016-05-19 01:50:36 · answer #2 · answered by mariko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He believed the world was round so thought he could get to India/ China by sailing West.
2007-09-14 04:29:39 · answer #3 · answered by timesplitter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He was looking for a new, direct route to Asia/India. This is why when he found land he referred to it as the West Indies. I believe the first place he landed was the island of Hispaniola which is presently Haiti and the Dominican Republic.
2007-09-13 20:04:02 · answer #4 · answered by neni 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The history books will tell you he was trying to find a shorter route to India, which was a major trading entity in that time period.
My version is that he was a sailor wanting to become rich and famous, and decided to go against the general beliefs of that time in history that was just getting over a long stagnant period called the Dark Ages.
2007-09-13 20:07:13 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
For he found open sea and supportive winds for going West.
2007-09-13 20:19:03 · answer #6 · answered by yogeshwargarg 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he thought he could take a shortcut to asia. that's why when he landed on the new world he thought he was in India.
2007-09-13 20:05:15 · answer #7 · answered by Sweeney 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
He was looking for Leif Erikson.
2007-09-13 20:39:45 · answer #8 · answered by fatsausage 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Going east would have gotten him nowhere. He had three ships and none of them could travel on land.
2007-09-13 20:09:34 · answer #9 · answered by the old dog 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋