He traveled to the Americas for various reasons, one thing that Columbus did was in a way start the Columbian exchange where things such as food, plants, livestock, and diseases were spread into the Americas that were never there before.
Humankind owns much to the brave and daring work men of science like Galileo Galilei, Nicholas Copernicus and Isaac Newton. They made observations and develop scientific knowledge despite its disagreement with the official dogmas of the Roman Catholic Church.
