magelian
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It was not Fernão de Magalhães (a brave Portuguese navigator), but Aristarchus of Samos,
aprox. 1,800 years before Magalhães made his famous voyage around the world by sea.
cristopher coloumbus
The Earth is round the earth was round
There are wonderful pictures from space of earth. In them you can see it is round. The Ancient Greeks knew it was round.
Columbus originally was determined to prove that
The Earth is round the earth was round
Eratosthenes had many contributions : he was the first person to calculate the circumference of the earth he invented latitude and longitude he was the first person to prove earth was round he was the first to calculate the tilt of Earth's axis
A boat at sea, alone, does not prove that is earth is round. However, boats can be used to prove that earth is round. This is because if the earth was flat, eventually a boat would sail to the end of earth and fall off the edge. This has never happened, so it can be inferred that the earth is round. Also, a boat can sail all the way around the world and end up right where it started, which proves that the earth is round.
to prove that the Earth was round.
You can look at a picture of it taken from space, or the moon
To prove he earth/world was round.
the answer is IT HELPED TO PROVE THAT THE EARTH IS ROUND!!!!!!
i dont think that the earth is flat .it is round in shape. if we go a journey around the world we will stop in the place we started .I think the earth is round in shape.