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For anyone reading the comments before the article: this article is not principally about the banal fact that everyone knew that the Earth was round in Columbu
by aetherson 10y ago
For anyone reading the comments before the article: this article is not principally about the banal fact that everyone knew that the Earth was round in Columbus' time, nor that Columbus underestimated the size of the Earth.
It's about why the elites of Europe thought that a landmass like the Americas was impossible. Which was new to me and quite interesting.
- acqq 10y agoThe main reason is not mentioned in the article but surely mentioned in the book: the models always tried to assume that whats written in the Bible is valid! As the Bible is "from God" and has "eternal truths" and it says nothing about the new continent, therefore it can't exist.