How Did Christopher Columbus Successful

Christopher Columbus Columbus was an explorer that made four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean from Spain in 15th and 16th centuries. Columbus was determined to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia, but he never did. Instead, he accidentally came across the Americas and not India. He did not discover the New World, because millions of people already lived there, but his journeys marked the beginning of explorations into the new world. In the 15th and 16th centuries, leaders of several European nations sponsored expeditions abroad in the hope that explorers would find wealth, spices and vast amount of land that was inhabited. In the first voyage, Columbus sailed across the Atlantic from Spain with three ships the Santa Maria, the Pinta and the Niña ships hoping to find a new route to India. The Asian islands near China and India were enriched with spices and gold, making them the go to destination for Europeans. Muslim empires conquered trade routes through the Middle East so it made it harder to get through, so Columbus thought up a different route to sail west across the Atlantic to reach Asia, believing it would be quicker and safer. After 36 days of sailing westward across the Atlantic, Columbus and several of his crew went on foot to an island which is present day Bahamas, taking it for Spain. There he
A storm wrecked one of his ships stranding the captain and his sailors on the island of Cuba. During this time, local islanders, tired of the Spaniards' poor treatment and obsession with gold, refused to give them food. Columbus read into an almanac where he discovered if he told the natives that he’d take away the moon that they’d be in extreme fear of Columbus. This established trade and support from the natives. They were finally rescued by a search party sent by the Spanish royal