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History Forum / General / General Topics / March 2004Columbus And A Flat World
Why is Columbus credited as proving the world is round, when he never made it to the indies by sailing west? Magellan was the first to circle the globe. Actually the Egyptians and the Greeks proved it mathematically and their calculations of it's circumference were quite close. Ken > Why is Columbus credited as proving the world is round, when he never made > it to the indies by sailing west? > > Magellan was the first to circle the globe. |
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