What did christopher Columbus achieve and what did he overcome to achieve it?

He was trying to find a faster way to travel to Indonesia by traveling west. Instead he found the North American continent and the Caribbean Islands.

The answer is no. The East Indies lie off the coast of southeast Asia. Prior to Columbus' first voyage the ship route to the East Indies was from Europe south down the west coast of Africa,...

tO EXPLORE A WAY TO THE INDIAS

Christopher Columbus discovered the Americas in 1492 while trying to find a faster route to India. Hence why, for years, the Americas were nicknamed the West Indies, and Native Americans are...

the northwest passage