How long does it take to fly to Saturn? How long it takes to travel anywhere depends on how far you want to go and how fast you move. For example, if you want to travel to the store located 10 km from your house, and you drive at 50 km/hr, it would take you 10/50 hours to get there (in other words, 1/5 of an hour or 12 minutes).
What was Christopher Columbus looking for in Asia? Columbus desired a faster, cheaper route to Asia. To get spices and silk from Asia, many countries and middlemen had to be paid, and the price was constantly jacked upwards fo â¦ r profit.
Columbus' intention was to reach the Indies, this is actually how  Indians A.K.A. native Americans received their names.Columbus  thought they were from the Indies so he calâ¦led them Indians.   His purpose for going to the Indies was to prove that their was a  faster route that Spain could use to trade with them.