Have you ever thought that the world was flat? Or ever wondered how we can get from place to place when the world is round? Probably not, although Christopher Columbus had these questions. Christopher Columbus thought the world was flat and he thought it was impossible to move to different areas in the world while being round so he just inferred that the world was flat. Even though, Columbus was confused he was a very historical revolutionary figure. Coincidentally, Columbus was trying to find a straight water route but he didn't find that; instead, he stumbled across the Americas which to his surprise people already lived there. Columbus was very brave, confident, and fearless and for that, we will always remember him, although many people
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When Columbus was a teenager he worked on a merchant ship. He remained at sea until 1470 when the french privateers attacked his ship it sailed to the north of the Portuguese coast and made his way to Lisbon on a scrap of wood, where he soon studied mathematics. Christopher Columbus started to soak up the high technology of his time, learning math, celestial navigation, shipbuilding, Latin…and map-making, the great enabling technology of the epoch which made him think that the earth was flat, so he wanted to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia to trade for spices. Christopher, of course, wanted fame and fortune and he knew if King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella heard his plan they would let him sail to find it. Christopher then studied more about the earth and its dynamics.The end of the 15th century it was impossible to reach Asia from Europe buy land due to the route being too long and issues with hostile armies. Other Portuguese Explorers solve this problem by sailed south along the West African coast and around the Cape of Good Hope; however, Columbus had a different idea He argued that the circumference of the Earth was much smaller than his contemporaries believed it was as studies proved that this was wrong; accordingly, he believed that the journey by boat from Europe to Asia should be not only possible but comparatively easy. Columbus came to Ferdinand and Isabella who were the king and queen of Spain and told them about his plan and
When Columbus was a teenager he worked on a merchant ship. He remained at sea until 1470 when the french privateers attacked his ship it sailed to the north of the Portuguese coast and made his way to Lisbon on a scrap of wood, where he soon studied mathematics. Christopher Columbus started to soak up the high technology of his time, learning math, celestial navigation, shipbuilding, Latin…and map-making, the great enabling technology of the epoch which made him think that the earth was flat, so he wanted to find a direct water route west from Europe to Asia to trade for spices. Christopher, of course, wanted fame and fortune and he knew if King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella heard his plan they would let him sail to find it. Christopher then studied more about the earth and its dynamics.The end of the 15th century it was impossible to reach Asia from Europe buy land due to the route being too long and issues with hostile armies. Other Portuguese Explorers solve this problem by sailed south along the West African coast and around the Cape of Good Hope; however, Columbus had a different idea He argued that the circumference of the Earth was much smaller than his contemporaries believed it was as studies proved that this was wrong; accordingly, he believed that the journey by boat from Europe to Asia should be not only possible but comparatively easy. Columbus came to Ferdinand and Isabella who were the king and queen of Spain and told them about his plan and