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**Chris** · 08-09-2018, 12:44

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Originally Posted by Mr_love_monkey

Actually... it was already known the world was round then, the point in dispute was the size of the globe, and whether ships of his size would be able to sail the way around

From here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_o...hy_of_Columbus

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Also (off topic) an interesting view of Columbus is here : http://theoatmeal.com/comics/columbus_day

Exactly. If you think about it, if Columbus had believed that the earth was flat, sailing straight for the edge without any idea of how far away it was and without sufficient supplies to get back would have been a suicidal way to behave. He clearly hoped to make landfall somewhere he could replenish the hold before sailing back again. He just happened to believe that would be Japan, not an unknown landmass in the West.