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One of the incorrect things about Columbus that I was taught in second grade was that he had trouble getting support for his voyage because his would-not-be pat
by dhosek 2y ago
One of the incorrect things about Columbus that I was taught in second grade was that he had trouble getting support for his voyage because his would-not-be patrons thought the earth was flat. In fact, they refused to fund him because he thought the earth was much smaller than it was and they had the correct size of the earth.
- deepsun 2y agoI wonder how many would-be Columbuses were before him and failed.
- buescher 2y agoIt’s historically rooted in Protestant anti-Catholicism, and the most popular version in America of it comes from Washington Irving.
- cryptonector 2y agoI was taught the same thing by Catholics in Buenos Aires.
- buescher 2y agoWell, now you know where they got it from.
- cryptonector 2y agoMaaaybe. I've not seen any strong evidence for that. It's also possible that multiple groups independently came to think that smearing Columbus' detractors was a useful thing for them to do.