What was the initial reason for Columbus’s journey to the New World?

Question

(1 point)
to build a colony in North America to take advantage of fur trading
to establish a slave trade route from the Americas to Africa to Europe
to find a sea route to Asia that would give Spain direct access to
valuable products of Asia
to seek religious freedom as a result of the split of the Protestant
Reformation

Answer 1

The initial reason for 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.