Travel Route Of Christopher Columbus
Columbus sailed in search of a route to cathay china and india to bring back gold and spices that were highly sought in europe.
Travel route of christopher columbus. Route legacy motivations for european exploration. Instead of going east around europe to asia christopher columbus believed he could find a faster route if he went west all the way around africa instead. Columbuss voyages christopher columbus made his first big voyages. Columbus never set out to discover a new world but to find a western sea route to the far east to facilitate trade after the land route of the silk road between europe and the east had been closed by the ottoman empire in 1453 ce initiating the so called age of exploration also known as the age of discovery which launched many european sea expeditions.
His patrons ferdinand ii and isabella i of spain hoped that his success would bring them greater status. He wanted to find a western route from europe to asia. On columbus famed 1492 voyage his flagship the santa maria ran aground and sank causing him to leave 39 men behind at a settlement named la navidadhe was supposed to return to spain loaded with spices and other valuable goods and knowledge of an important new trade route. Columbus moves to spain.
Columbus devised a route to sail west across the atlantic to reach asia believing it would be quicker and safer. Click on the world map to view an example of the explorers voyage. Italy with centuries of seafaring experience to draw on also produced navigators and. He estimated the earth to be a sphere and the distance between the canary islands.
However he did sail west thinking the world was roundhe was right he landed on land in which he thought was asia when he met the native americans who lived on this land he became aware of his where abouts. Between 1492 and 1504 italian explorer christopher columbus led four spanish based transatlantic maritime expeditions to the americas a continental landmass which was virtually unknown to and outside of the old world afro eurasiathese voyages to america led to the widespread knowledge of its existence. Columbus first voyage brought him to one of the islands of the bahamas on 12 october 1492 ce which he claimed in the name of the. Jose maria obregonwikimedia commonscc by 30.
Its been about five hundred years since christopher columbus made his first. Columbus looks for sponsors columbus wanted to make a new voyage. He sailed between portugal and iceland. He asked for help from portugal and englandbut he was refused.