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Why did Columbus sail west on the expedition

Why did Columbus sail west on the expedition
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Columbus was originally going to sail along the West African coast and around the Cape of Good Hope. But than Columbus had the idea of instead to sail west across the Atlantic instead of around the gigantic African continent.
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