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What caused Columbus to think he had reached Asia?
He thought the earth was flat and it is round
Did Columbus think the earth was round?
He didn't. It was well-known at the time of Columbus that the earth is round.
What did Columbus set out to prove?
Columbus originally was determined to prove that
People once believed that the world was flat. What changed their minds?
Christopher Columbus made people change their minds about the shape of the earth although Galileo was the first to challenge the church by saying the earth was round and revolved around the sun.
Why did Columbus mistakenly think he was in Asia and not the Americas?
no he didn't.
How did Columbus described earth's shape?
A bit of history how did Columbus described earths shape?
What shape did renaissance people think the earth was?
Round. Most people by the time of Columbus did not believe the Earth was flat, despite what some history books will tell you.
Columbus describes earth's shape is square or round?
round
What did Columbus believe about the size and shape of Earth?
He thought it was round.
Why did Columbus think that the earth was flat?
He didn't. It was well-known at the time of Columbus that the earth is round.
What did Christopher Columbus believed about the size and shape of earth?
He thought it was round.
Why did christopher Columbus think that thhe earth is square?
Columbus never believed the earth was square, in fact, the myth was that he believed the earth was flat. However, in truth, Columbus did not believe the earth was flat. Ancient Greek mathematicians, Pythagoras and Aristotle, proved the earth was spherical in shape based on the shadow of the earth on the moon and the curvature of the earth when approaching land. Columbus falsely believed he could reach Asia by going west because he underestimated the circumference of the earth, and also believed Europe was wider than it was.
Who said that the earth is a sphere?
Columbus said the earth was sphere when he traveled to America
What caused Columbus to think he had reached Asia?
He thought the earth was flat and it is round
What shape did colonial settlers think earth was?
round
What is the shape of the other GALAXIES?
I think they are also spherical as the earth
Did Columbus think the earth was round?
He didn't. It was well-known at the time of Columbus that the earth is round.
