He never thought that he would be setting out for America. When he first started out he thought that he could reach China by sailing west instead of east and never suspected that America would turn out to exist and be in the way.
Christopher Columbus was convinced that he could reach Asia by sailing west.
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They did. There is historical evidence that they did reach North America well before Columbus.
Columbus made four voyages to the Western Hemisphere, but only on the fourth voyage did he reach North America.
They reached North America 500 years before Columbus reached the Bahamas.
He hoped to reach Asia but he did not realize that North America would be in his way.
Christopher Columbus tried to reach Asia by sailing west in 1492. Though he did not succeed, his voyages began a period marked by European Empires.
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Columbus was trying to reach Asia by sailing west in order to establish a direct trade route for valuable goods such as spices and silks. He believed he could reach Asia by sailing westward instead of the traditional eastward route, which was blocked by the Ottoman Empire.
he never got to america,he thought that he was in america but in a different place