West.
Christopher Columbus.
thought he could reach China by sailing west
he though the could reach Asia by sailing west because he thought the world was three thirds of its actual size and he did not know America was here.
Because they thought they could travel to Asia by sailing east.
what way did Christopher Columbus think he was sailing to china?
Christopher Columbus.
thought he could reach China by sailing west
Christopher Columbus.
That was Christopher Columbus.
West. :)
Christopher Columbus was convinced that he could reach Asia by sailing west.
Columbus thought he could reach India by sailing west.
he though the could reach Asia by sailing west because he thought the world was three thirds of its actual size and he did not know America was here.
Ptolemy created the map of the world that led Columbus to believe Asia could be reached by sailing west from the coast of Africa. It became the best existing map of the world.
Yes and mostly no. He thought the world was round and he could get to India faster by sailing East instead of West. People had known they could get to India by sailing West, nobody had tried to get to India by sailing East. Columbus did show that you could get somewhere by sailing East. He did not reach India of course, he only got as far as the Caribbean Sea. He did not really find a shorter route to India, so Columbus did not find what he was really looking for.
Columbus believed he could get to the East by sailing west.
Columbus believed he could get to the East by sailing west.