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.
Christopher Columbus wanted to see if the earth was round
Christopher Columbus
Christopher Columbus found that the Earth was round in the early 1860's.
He thought it was round.
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to prove that the Earth was round.
He didn't. This is a fable. The ancient Greeks knew it was round.
I'm almost sure that Galileo, Magellan and Christopher Columbus did it.
No! Christopher Columbus questioned this the world is ROUND!!!!!!!
Nothing. Columbus did not discover that the earth was round. It had been known for centuries.
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.
the circumference of the earth, the oceans, and his boats