Where did Columbus hope to reach by sailing west?

Answer 1

He hoped to reach the Indies (China and India).

Although mariners and cartographers had already accepted that the Earth was round, Columbus was one of the few who believed that he could reach Asia by sailing west across the Atlantic, a voyage most would not have dared at the time. Underestimating the actual distance to China and India in the eastern hemisphere (three times as far as from the Middle East), he thought he had reached the East, and called the natives he found "Indians." Only later did explorers realize that he instead discovered a whole New World, the continents of the Americas.

Answer 2

History says a new passage to the orient. But some believe Cloumbus's father was a Free Mason, and they knew of the "New World" and had been there. So

Columbus's father told his son of this land. Columbus just claimed it for the queen.
A shipping route to the east indies. Instead he found the Americas, but believed he had landed in the east indies for his entire life.

Answer 3

he was hopin to reach Asia to open a trade part between Asia and Spain.

Answer 4

a new trade route to asia

Answer 5

India