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What was Columbus' theory about sailing East what was wrong with his idea?
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What nation financed Columbus's voyage to prove his theory that by sailing west he could reach the Orient in the East?
SPAIN!
Was Columbus' reason for sailing West instead of East right or wrong?
Wrong, as it is actually a longer trip to India by traveling West instead of East. He was searching for a shorter trip.
What was Columbus's idea for getting to the east?
Columbus believed he could get to the East by sailing west.
What was Columbus idea for getting to the east?
Columbus believed he could get to the East by sailing west.
Which of these is a true statementChristopher Columbus was convinced that he could reach Africa by sailing east?
Christopher Columbus was convinced that he could reach Asia by sailing west.
Who was the person who attempted to get to the east by sailing west?
Christopher Columbus
Who thought that he could reach the east by sailing across the Atlantic ocean?
Christopher Columbus.
Who thought that he could reach the east by sailing across the Atlantic?
Christopher Columbus.
What is a four letter word when Columbus thought by sailing he could reach the east?
West. :)
Were was the first place Magellan was going and the purpose?
China, the purpose was because he wanted to find riches and spices and he wanted to prove Columbus's theory that you could get to the east by sailing west and he did, or at least his crew did.
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.
Who reached the Caribbean because he felt he could reach east by sailing west?
That was Christopher Columbus.
