why did columbus want to sail across the atlantic ocean?

why did columbus want to sail across the atlantic ocean??

The predominant belief in that time was that the world was flat, it just ended, and you could sail off the edge of the earth… Columbus was one of few that believe it was round. He thought be sailing East through the Atlantic, that he would be able to get to the Indies faster then by either traveling across land, or traveling around the point of Africa and back up. He just did not take into account that their continent might not be the only one! Even after he landed in the Americas, he thought he was in the Indies for a while…

Sailing Across The Atlantic Ocean

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