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Columbus never claimed the world was not flat, because nobody at the time believed anything else.
As a matter of fact.. as far back as 500 B.C. people knew that the earth was round.
Romans had globes, they just had no knowledge of North and South America.
Eratosthenes of Cyrene 276 BCE - 194 BCE a Greek mathametician calculated the curcumfernence of the Earth (with remarkable accuracy), and the tilt of the earth's axis (again with remarkable accuracy); His measurements of the cucumference of the Earth had an error of less then 1%. And people before hime already knew it was round... they just didn't know the distance until Eratosthenes
What Columbus did in fact say is that Eratosthenes' calculations were wrong and that the earth was only 3/4 of the calculated size, which would make a westward sealane to China possible.
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What happened that freed up enough money for Spain to back Columbus?
nothing, they just had the money, at first the king denied columbus the mone and ships so columbus asked france and they said no and he went back to spain and he was accepted
Why Columbus and other explorers are obsessed with reaching Asia?
Because exploring new lands was daring since they believed strongly that the world was flat. It is also said that they went for trade because India (where they were trying to reach) was rich in new spices.
Portugal denied which explorer's request to sail to the New World?
They denied Christopher Columbus' request to said to the New World.
Who were the first to come to the new world?
Columbus is said to be the first one to discover America, however, roughly 500 years before Columbus there was a Viking ship who traveled from Scandinavia to Iceland, Greenland and landed in Canada. Leif Eriksson was the first European to set foot on the mainland of the Americas, this happened in New Foundland, Canada, 1005.
Why did Columbus go to the new world for his first journey?
To find a new trade route to Asia
Why did people stop believing the world was flat?
No one said it. This is another one of those myths about history. Man never really thought it was flat.
Why did Columbus think that the quickest way to reach Asia was by sailing west?
he said the world was round so he had to keep going
Is christopher Columbus a reat historical figure?
He sailed to the New World and discovered the Americas. Columbus believed the earth was not flat. With that said, he was sure the Eastern civilizations could be reached by sailing west from Europe. He began what turned out to be one of the most recognized figures in world history.
Why did people think Christopher Columbus was wrong when he said the earth was round?
Because the curvature of the earth is so gentle, do to it's size, people couldn't understand how it could be curved as it looks flat.
What is the most often said thing in the Bible?
The Bible said both old testament and new testament........old testament means what happened in the world is before birth of Jesus and New testament said after birth of Jesus what happened in the world..........it said that about the sinces.......it said that we should not spoil our life by sinces.....it said be a good man and do anything as well....... dont denigrate others.............
Who said this its not what you say but how you say?
Christopher Columbus
When the king and queen said no to christopher Columbus who said yes?
ferdinan and elizabeth
