If Christopher Columbus’s goal was to sail around the world to India. Was he unaware of any the lands in South East Asia (such as the Philippines, Indonesia, or Malaysia) or was he just not interest in trading with these places?

by eigengrau1
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/u/TywinDeVillena has previously answered How did Europeans figure out that the lands visited by Columbus were not India at all, but some heretofore unknown places? Was he made a hero or was he mocked when people discovered this?

/u/terminus-trantor has previously answered Did Ferdinand and Isabella know immediately that Columbus didn't reach India?