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The writing of his own hand made Columbus out to be a prick. I'm sure his journal, or excerpts of, can easily be found online. But political correctness isn't
by mikestew 7y ago
The writing of his own hand made Columbus out to be a prick. I'm sure his journal, or excerpts of, can easily be found online.
But political correctness isn't about finding the whole truth.
Ah, blow it off as political correctness. But your version is the truth, I take it, and unsullied by the need for popularity? See? Discovery Magazine was right.
Regardless, Columbus still couldn't do the math taken for granted by 12 year olds.
- reaperducer 7y agoRegardless, Columbus still couldn't do the math taken for granted by 12 year olds. I read once that the quantity of knowledge of the average person in the mid-1700's was equivalent to the content of one Sunday New York Times.
- mikestew 7y agoWas that average person going around asking for the use of three very expensive ships?
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- jcranmer 7y agoThe story I've heard is that Columbus botched unit conversion, in that he translated degrees to miles using a formula that recorded Arabic miles and assumed it used Roman miles instead (neither of which is particularly close to the statute mile used in the US today).