![]() The reason why it took years for Columbus to get a "yes," from the king and queen, was not because it took him that long to convince them, but because Spain was in constant war with the Moors, and they didn't have the time or the money for another thing.Ĩ. Columbus reached the New World in a few days (36 days) as he said he would, and not in many years, as the "professionals" told him it would take.ħ. Other people believed the Earth was round, but in the shape of an egg, a pineapple, like a disk, or like a winnowing basket that it’s hollow in the middle.Ħ. The shape of the Earth was not a settled argument, which is why Columbus, years later, during his third voyage (and not on his first, as the video incorrectly implied) believed the Earth was round, but as a pear, or as a woman's breast. That is (partially) what we mean when we say, "Columbus discovered America."ĥ. People in the Old World didn't know there was another continent between Europe and Asia. That includes people like Ptolemy, Pliny, Aristotle, even a contemporary of Columbus named Toscanelli.Ĥ. Columbus believed the Earth was smaller, not because he was bad at math, but because some respected SCHOLARS believed so. Columbus wasn't trying to prove the Earth, was round, but he made his voyages BECAUSE the Earth is round.ģ. America includes the Caribbean, and Columbus did reach (South) America during his third voyage.Ģ. ![]()
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