That there was some land out there but he thought it was Russia.
and that the world was flat. Later on in life did he realise the world was round.
I am only going to tell you one because I cant think of another. Christopher Columbus Didn't Discover America.
He was going to The Indies (now called China and Japan) for his Queen but ended up in America.
He was looking for a water route to Asia, wanted riches, and fame.
Now, if we knew that, then we wouldn't need to do the research, would we?
He wanted to discover a new world and prove that if you kept going in a straight line, you wouldnt fall off the earth.
christopher Columbus was trying to discover another route for going to the India. So he went in ship to America, but he thought America was India.
I am only going to tell you one because I cant think of another. Christopher Columbus Didn't Discover America.
Ohio State, 22-13, in Columbus on November 2.
He believed that he was going to India and had no idea that there was a huge land mass in the way. (That's why Native Americans are sometimes called Indians)
On his first voyage in 1492, Columbus was trying to find a passage to India. Instead, he encountered the Caribbean Islands.
going to America
Because it is useful for us when things are going on in a wrong way. Like when the earth extincts, other planets might be available for us to live.