COLUMBUS DAY 7

What was Columbus's quest? COLUMBUS WAS SEARCHING FOR A NEW ROUTE BECAUSE BARBARY ( MUSLIM) PIRATES WERE DESTROYING MERCHANT SHIPS! TOO Find a route to India/China since 40 yrs earlier Muslim Turks took Constantinople, cutting off land routes. Columbus was looking for a new route due to the death and destruction of maritime ships by Barbary Pirates, The Barbary States comprised the African countries along the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. They included Morocco, Algiers, Tunis, and Tripoli (now Libya). Muslim privateers known as the Barbary pirates operated from these states for centuries. They were active from medieval times until the 19th century. The Barbary pirates mainly operated throughout the Mediterranean, south along West Africa's Atlantic coast, and into the North Atlantic as far north as Iceland. In addition to seizing merchant ships for their cargo and crew, they were responsible for raiding European coastal villages. https://www.prageru.com/video/should-we-honor-christopher-columbus