History of Oceania

Did Columbus want to reach Asia by sailing west or east discover America prove that the earth is round?

Christopher Columbus wanted to reach Asia by sailing west. He believed that the Earth was round, and that by sailing west across the Atlantic Ocean, he would eventually reach the Far East. Columbus did not set out to discover America, but he did so inadvertently when he and his crew made landfall in the Bahamas in 1492 on that voyage.