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Columbus decided to sail West in an attempt to get to India due to the sparse knowledge of the globe that existed at that time. They did not know of North America, South America or the Caribbean. Columbus believe that if he sailed West, he would eventually reach India. As many European countries were competing for the spices in the East Indies, his idea was accepted by the Spanish monarchs. While he was not wrong in a sense, he was unaware of the giant land mass in the middle.

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He had traveled around the world because he wanted spices and gems.

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When Columbus set out on his journey, he was looking for a faster route to the Spice Islands in the east. Instead, he landed in the West Indies.

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To see if he would fall off the end of the earth . He was looking for India.

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he wanted to find a quicker way to the indies (know as Asia )

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he wanted to find a trade route to India

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The desire of riches and power

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he wanted gold

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