when columbus sees the ocean the water the ocean and the sky meet so he thought if you go to the end of the ocean you will off the earth
It is a myth that any educated person thought the Earth was flat. Scholars knew about the curve of the Earth long before Columbus. They also knew the circumference of the Earth. That is why they argued against the voyage: he could not reach China before his crew starved. What they did not reckon on was a whole continent in between. Columbus just got lucky.
Christopher Columbus wanted to see if the earth was round
Christopher Columbus
He thought it was round.
Christopher Columbus found that the Earth was round in the early 1860's.
He thought it was round.
Many people think Christopher Columbus was the first person to believe that the Earth was round. Pythagoras however was the first person to actually believe this.
to prove that the Earth was round.
He didn't. This is a fable. The ancient Greeks knew it was round.
No! Christopher Columbus questioned this the world is ROUND!!!!!!!
Yes, everyone knew it was round in 1492. The ancient Greeks figured it out that the world was round thousands of years before Columbus.
He thought it was round.
Nothing. Columbus did not discover that the earth was round. It had been known for centuries.