No. All educated Europeans understood that the world was round and Columbus used that knowledge to propose reaching China by sailing west.
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Christopher Columbus
Nothing. Columbus did not discover that the earth was round. It had been known for centuries.
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8. Christopher Columbus wasn't the the first one to discover the New World vikings were.
No. The fact that the world is round was well known to the educated epople of Euorpe long before Culumbus was born.
8. Christopher Columbus wasn't the the first one to discover the New World vikings were.
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.
People say that Christopher Columbus first discovered America. But actually, a Viking called Leif Erickson really did discover America first.
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.
The vikings are believed to have discovered the new world first but Christopher Columbus "discovered the new world" in 1629