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Simply for the trade and the money it would bring.
To reduce the cost of trade, and shorten the time to move goods from one place to another.
Spain did not set out to establish a new world. They were looking for a shorter route to a destination they already knew about. They tripped over the "New World" by mistake. They thought they were in the East Indies.
1492
He could have used either of the routes you suggest. However Columbus was on a journey of exploration to see if there was a shorter faster route to the Indies by sailing to the west.
He probably explained his theory that the world was a sphere and that it should be a shorter trip to the East Indies (Southeast Asia). if he went west around the globe, than the current route. The route at that time was south around the tip of Africa, up the east coast of Africa, and across the Indian Ocean. He would have explained the commercial advantages to Spain if they had a shorter trip than the competition. Then he probably asked for the financing.
Christopher Columbus was searching for a Northwest Passage, or a direct water route to the Indies from Spain.
Christopher Columbus did not discover India. India was known centuries before his birth. I don't believe he ever got to India. He was trying to find a shorter route to the Indies when he tripped across the Americas.
Queen Isabella chartered Columbus to find a route westward from Spain to China and the Indies.
the Spanish royals financed Colombus' voyage because they were hoping we would discover a faster route to the Indies.
At first, Christopher Columbus went to the rulers of Portugal and proposed finding a route to the East Indies. When they declined, he went to Spain's rulers King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella. They did consent to sponsor his trip in 1492. Although he did not find a route to the East Indies, Columbus did find the New World when he landed on Hispaniola.
He traveld for the Indies