When did Christopher Columbus discover Asia?

Answer 1

Columbus was looking for a faster trade route to Asia to make transportation more profitable. He was trying to find a western route, a quicker trade route, to get spices and riches for Spain and impress the monarchs who had sent him. Columbus mistakenly believed the Atlantic Ocean was much smaller than it really is, and when he first landed on an island in the Bahamas, believed he had reached the East Indies.

When he saw the dark-skinned people (Native Americans), he called them "Indians" It was a total accident got from www.ask.com

Answer 2

Asia had been known to Europe for centuries by the time Columbus was born; it needed no discovery. Although he thought he had proved a route to Asia by sailing west from Europe, Columbus actually had discovered America. Columbus never went anywhere near to Asia.

Answer 3

Christopher Columbus first set sail for Asia on August 3, 1492. Columbus was looking for a route to Asia that was completely by water.

Answer 4

1492. There is a rhyme, In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue.

Answer 5

He never was in Asia. Nor did he get to North America nor knew it existed. He found islands in the Bahamas on his 4 voyages.