in order to reach Asia, Christopher Columbus thought that it would be wise to _____

A) bargain with the Italian city-states
B) bribe the Muslim traders in the Middle East
C) sail west instead of east
D) sail around the southern tip of Africa

Respuesta :

C.
This is the process by which he "discovered" the Americas (although Vikings had already done so in centuries before)

Tuniss
He thought it would be shorter to "C) sail west instead of east."