What was the initial reason for Columbus‘s journey to the New World?
Answers
To seek religious freedom as a result of the split of the protestant reformation
To find a sea route to Asia that would give spin direct access to valuable products of Asia
To build a colony in North America to take advantage of fur trading
To establish a safe trade route from Américas to Africa to Europe
From Google:
He had the idea that if he were to sail west, which no European had done before*, he could find a faster route to China and the Spice Islands (Malaysia and Indonesia today).