Why Did Columbus Came To The New World
Columbus came to the New World for a variety of reasons. A few of these reasons included: wealth, converting non-Christians and to prove the theory of the earth being round. On Columbus’ journey to the New World he had actually set out on his project that he called “Enterprise of the Indies”. In this project he had set out to reach east by sailing west. Columbus wanted to prove the theory of the earth being round. Now Columbus’ journey was mainly based on the works of Ptolemy. If Ptolemy’s works had proved right then Columbus could reach the Indies by sailing west. Ptolemy’s theory of the earth being round was correct but he missed the New World in his predictions and so Columbus was unable to reach the Indies. Columbus had thought he had