He went west and thought he found India but was in the Bahamas. He had no idea North America was blocking his way.
He thought the trip would be shorter.
The figures he was using to calculate the distance around the world were incorrect.
He did not know the Americas were in the way.
He underestiamted the distance they needed to travel
Christopher Columbus Didn't Turn So He Didn't make to the indies he made it to what we call the Caribbeans. AKA He didn't turn so he didn't get to the indies
HE didn't name America after him self
He died on his ship.
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Both believed that the world was spherical, not flat.
In 1492 when Columbus sailed to the Americas on the Hispaniola.
He certainly did not make the world a better place for Native Americans.
In April of 1493, Columbus went to the Alcazar. This was the royal palace of King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. He made a report of his voyage and presented the monarchs with treasures from his expedition.
Christopher Columbus met the Native Indians when he reached America.
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to find a sea route to the indies.
Im pretty sure that Christopher Columbus first made landfall in Greenland.
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So he could contribute to his country, Spain... Plus he was still after what he was looking for which was the Indies (on his first expedition he found the Bahamas)
The reason Christopher Columbus made his first expedition was for a special purpose- to find a sea route to the Indies. It says right here in my social studies book called Our Nation on page 120.
Both believed that the world was spherical, not flat.
In 1492 when Columbus sailed to the Americas on the Hispaniola.
He certainly did not make the world a better place for Native Americans.
They enslaved them. Columbus wrote in his diary that the native Americans he met would make good slaves.
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