Why did Columbus sail west?

Answer 1

Columbus said West on his first expedition because he was trying to find a quicker route to India. Back then they didn't know about the Americas so they thought they could reach India faster by traveling West insted of East.

Answer 2

The Italian explorer Christopher Columbus (left) believed he would reach the east if he sailed west.

Christopher Columbus was looking for a shortcut to India to get spices.

Answer 3

He was trying to reach China and India (the Indies). Knowing that the Earth was round, he knew that he could reach the East by going west around the planet. But his cartographers has vastly underestimated the circumference of the Earth and the longitude of China. His arduously long voyage gave him a better idea of the vast distances involved.

Still, when Columbus encountered the red-skinned natives of the Caribbean, he thought he had reached southeast Asia, and called the natives "Indians."

Answer 4

== == Actually to find a quicker route to India

Answer 5

because he thought he would run in Asia and it would be a shorter time to Asia but he really ran into north and south America

Answer 6

why did Columbus sail west on his first voyage.Find a shorter route to India.

Answer 7

Because they want to go asian.

Answer 8

To try to find a quicker way to Asia.

Answer 9

he wanted to find a faster route