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∙ 15y agoColumbus was looking for a "passage to India".
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What direction did Columbus sail to reach India?
Chistopher Columbus took 4 trips
Who explored coast of North Carolina in search in of a passage to India?
columbus
Would Columbus have arrived in India?
Columbus never would have arrived in India. This is because the route he set was heading straight for the Bahamas. What he needed to have done was head South in his path, but his path was actually West.
What Columbus believed that he had reached India what did he call the people he found there?
Indians (Apex)
Who granted permission to Columbus to discover sea route to India?
queen victoria
Was Columbus trying to find India or china?
India
Were did christopher columbus want to go?
he want to go to india.
Why did the sailors not want to go to India with christopher Columbus?
they were scared and did not trust columbus.
What did Christopher Columbus want to find a shorter route to?
India and China for primarily spices. This is why in the United States Native Americans are referred to as "Indians." Columbus thought thought he landed on an Island off the coast of India.
Why did Christopher Columbus want to find a short trading route to Asia?
wanted to get spices silks and minerals from India or Asia
Did chistopher Columbus find want he set sail for?
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.
What country did Columbus tried to find route to?
India
What did christifer Columbus find?
America but he thought it was India
What place did Christopher Columbus find?
Christopher Columbus found India Asia (aka: southwest Asia.)
What did Christopher Columbus expect to find on his second voyage?
Hopefully he would find India.
Did Columbus want to find India by sailing west instead of east?
Yes, which would have confirmed his belief in a shorter trade route to "The East" :(
How many weeks did it take Columbus and his crew to find India?
THE 12587677456
