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Christopher Columbus was sailing to find a shorter or faster way to get to India. He decided to go straight and that's when he found America and when he saw the native Americans he called them Indians because he thought he was in India.

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No .... Christopher Columbus wanted to find a shorter way to Asia

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Who thought that he could reach the east by sailing across the Atlantic ocean?

Christopher Columbus.


How did christopher Columbus get interested in sailing?

idont know


What way did Christopher Columbus think he could sail to china?

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