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Why did Columbus choose to sail west instead of east?
Columbus chose to sail west instead of east because he believed he could reach Asia by sailing across the Atlantic Ocean, which he thought would be a faster and more direct route than traveling eastward around Africa.
Who thought that he could reach the east by sailing across the Atlantic ocean?
Christopher Columbus.
What did Columbus wrongly believe until his death about the lands he had discovered?
Until Christopher Columbus died he thought that he had set foot on Asia by sailing west. He thought this because at that time nobody knew that North and South Amercia existed. Everyone thought that it was just open water and smooth sailing to Asia.
What was Columbus goal when he set sail the first time?
Queen Isabella, who sponsored Columbus' voyage, told him to befriend the natives and convert them to Christianity. He failed. Hope this helps :)
Where did Columbus hope to reach by sailing west?
He hoped to reach the Indies (China and India). Although mariners and cartographers had already accepted that the Earth was round, Columbus was one of the few who believed that he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic, a voyage most would not have dared at the time. Underestimating the actual distance to China and India in the eastern hemisphere (three times as far as from the Middle East), he thought he had reached the East, and called the natives he found "Indians." Only later did explorers realize that he instead discovered a whole New World, the continents of the Americas.
