What was the initial reason for Columbus’s journey to the New World was the answer to seek religious freedom as a result of the split of the protestant reformation or was it to establish a slave trade route from the Americas to Africa to Europe or was it to find a sea route to Asia that would give Spain direct access to valuable products of Asia or was it to build a colony in North America to take advantage of trading?

Answer 1

The initial reason for Christopher Columbus's journey to the New World was to find a sea route to Asia that would give Spain direct access to valuable products of Asia, such as spices and gold. Columbus believed that sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean would provide a more efficient route to the riches of the East Indies. His journey, which began in 1492, was primarily motivated by economic interests rather than religious freedom, establishing a slave trade route, or building a colony in North America.