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Why was Christopher Columbus looking for new land?

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Uh no, he found America completely by mistake, his intent was to find an easier shipping route to Asia. But back then they had non reliable maps so he went completely the wrong way, and voila America. Also note that they had no idea that America even existed, so he had no intention of looking for America at all.

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Christopher Columbus was not looking for a new land. He was looking for a new ROUTE from one known land (Europe) to another known land (the Spice Islands).

The old route was around the tip of Africa and was a very long journey. He reasoned that the world was like a ball not flat, and if he went around the ball in the opposite direction the journey would be shorter. He ran into a couple of continents that were in his way by accident. His mistake was in thinking the ball was smaller than it really was.

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