What were columbus' beliefs about where he was, when in truth he was in the bahamas?

After navigating the Atlantic Ocean, Italian explorer Christopher Columbus sighted Guanahani Island, now Bahamas, on October 12, 1492. Believing that he had reached East Asia, the expedition claimed the land for Isabel and Fernando, the Catholic queen and king of Spain, who sponsored the attempt to find an oceanic route to China and India and the fanciful islands of gold and spice in Asia.

no statements but ok.

the statement that best describes the idea of manifest destiny that was used in the 19th century would be that "it was fate that the united states would continue to  expand westward," since people thought the us was "destined" to do so. 

china has confucianism thats everywhere in asia but it isn't really a religion.