What shape did Columbus think the world was... hint he did not think it was roun!
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What shape did Columbus think the world was... hint he did not think it was round?
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7 hours ago
the reason for his voige was to proove that indea was closer than they expected becouse at that time everone thught that the world was round (ball shaped) not since the 4th centuary BC did anyone anywhare think the world was flat
Answers: 7 hours ago
the reason for his voige was to proove that indea was closer than they expected becouse at that time everone thught that the world was round (ball shaped) not since the 4th centuary BC did anyone anywhare think the world was flat Columbus himself never said the world was round - he thought it was pear shaped and about a quarter of its actual size.
Also, Columbus didn't actually set foot on mainland America, the closest he came was the Bahamas. Flat but that is not a shape so I will go with oval! Egg shaped? square? Circular?
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http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;... flat I though he thought it was round - In order to prove it, he tried to sail to India by a different direction but ended up in America. Old fool, ha ha ha. In the Elizabethan age,, everyone thought the earth was flat, as far as their sight went. flat ummm....
Banana shaped???
kby Round like my booty triangle?? he thought it was flat like a square. just like most people of that time flat...shaped like an orange peel? he thought the earth was flat........ flat.why isnt it flat and roads jus straight instead of loads of bloomin corners and roundabouts that make you dizzy.if it is round how come you never hear of anyone fallin off.you could then fold the world up and put in ya bag instead of them globe things Is it an isosceles trapeziod? Well, part of the point of his journey was to prove that the Earth wasn't flat, so if it wasn't round... I'll say ovoid? oblong he thought you could fall off.! triangle? he thought it was shaped like the Queens *** I don't know what shape he thought it was, but he didn't think it was flat or else he wouldn't have taken his voyage. He set out to prove it wasn't flat. Maybe oval.. Cube. A flat disc perhaps? although why a disc I have no idea! Dont be daft of course the earth is flat!!xx;-)