Yes. He did want to sail to them to have better Chavez of seeing what they were up against.
Columbus was the first man who started the journey to find out sea way to India but reached to west indies.
to find a sea route to the indies.
He didn't make it to the Indies and only was at sea for 36 days when he landed on Hispaniola.
Yes, he did. He was actually searching for a western sea route to Asia. He thought he could reach the East Indies this way.
yes
The west indies where named by christopher columbus however we today call it the carribean a series of islands in carribean sea
He wanted to find a shorter sea route to Asia.
He wanted to find a water route to Asia, but found the Bahamas instead. He had made a contract with the Spanish crown to be made the admiral of the deep blue sea and to get a percentage of the riches found.
In 1492, Columbus sailed the ocean blue.In 1493, he sailed the deep blue sea.
Ferdinand Magellan
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella granted Columbus the titles of Admiral of the Sea and Viceroy and Governor of the Indies. Columbus is most famous for his four exploratory voyages, especially the first.
He was inspired to look for new lands.