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Did Christopher Columbus Discover That The World Is Round?
yes
Is the word flat or round?
Round, back in 1492, Columbus proved it without knowing he did.
Was Columbus the first to discover that the world was round?
No. All educated Europeans understood that the world was round and Columbus used that knowledge to propose reaching China by sailing west.
What did Queen Isabella pay christopher for discovering the world is round?
Nothing. Columbus did not discover that the earth was round. It had been known for centuries.
Did Columbus discover the world was not flat?
No. The fact that the world is round was well known to the educated epople of Euorpe long before Culumbus was born.
When did Christopher Columbus discover the world was round?
Columbus and the people of his time all ready knew the world was round. This had been known for hundreds of years before Columbus. The idea that he discovered this is a historical fallacy and not true. It is another one of the historical myths that keeps getting passed down from generation to generation until everyone believes it is true.
How did they found out that the earth was round?
christopher Columbus was trying to discover another route for going to the India. So he went in ship to America, but he thought America was India.
Why did Christopher Columbus want to make the trip?
Christopher Culumbus didn't set out to discover America he was on a trip to India to try and bring Gold back to spain, on this trip columbus proved that the world was round and very very large . :0
What two things did Columbus know before going to discover the new world?
That there was some land out there but he thought it was Russia. and that the world was flat. Later on in life did he realise the world was round.
Why do some say that Columbus's famous discovery an accident?
Christopher Columbus was actually hired to find a way to India from the west instead of the east. Knowing the world was round, when he came across America he presumed it to be Asia. (Why native Americans are known as Indians.)
Columbus describes earth's shape is square or round?
round
Did Magellan know the world was round?
Yes, Marco Polo did discover that the world is round. Being, an Italian merchant traveler, he toured the world on ship where he made the conclusion that the world is round.
