See the link below.
Christopher Columbus was funded by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to find a new route to the East Indies. His voyages led to the European exploration and colonization of the Americas.
Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain. He also did it for himself. He actually didn't find America for anyone. His discovery of the Americas was a fluke. He was trying to find India and got really lost. He was, however, sent out by Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand of Spain.
Columbus voyages were funded by king Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain
Queen Isabella chartered Columbus to find a route westward from Spain to China and the Indies.
Christopher Columbus
Gold. All of them wanted the gold and riches they thought was there. Columbus was disappointed to find no gold.
King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella sponsored Columbus because Columbus told them that if they gave him the money to find another trade route to India he would spread Catholicism in India (king and queen of Spain were Catholic)
First they drove the Moors from Spain or made them convert to Catholicism. Then they drove the Jews from Spain or made them convert to Catholicism. Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand gave Christopher Columbus money to sail across the ocean to try and find a sea route to Asia from the East.
Isabella I, Queen of Castile and Leon, agreed to finance Christopher Columbus' attempt to find a route to the East Indies by sailing to the west.
He sailed across the ocean to find the Americas because Queen Isabella of Spain asked Columbus
Oh honey, Christopher Columbus was like a broke college student trying to fund a spring break trip. He convinced Queen Isabella of Spain to foot the bill because he promised her he'd find a shortcut to Asia. So basically, Columbus's voyage to the Americas was sponsored by Queen Isabella's piggy bank.
Columbus undertook the expedition under his own direction, but was financed by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain.