Columbus wanted to sail west around the world to reach the Indies.
gold. Columbus was searching for a route to India. When he landed he mistakenly named the land the West Indies thinking he was in the Indian subcontinent of Asia.
Columbus was trying to sail to asia. he thought that if he sailed west he would get there faster but instead he found newfoundland.
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus sailed west from Europe because he wanted to find a faster route to Asia.
Christopher Columbus
He wanted to sail goods across the west to India because there were many silks and spices that the Europeans did not have access to at the time.
he wanted to find asia but by going a different route. he wanted to sail west to get to asia. witch is kind of stupid(no offense) because asia is east of spain
the circumference of the earth, the oceans, and his boats
He was trying to find a way to sail west around the world to asia and instead found america
Both Columbus and Cabot figured out they could sail west to reach the Indies.
He did not want Columbus to sail west