Fun fact of the Day #29 (1 Viewer)

[Ahsoka]

Christopher Columbus made significant measurement errors when trying to calculate the distance between Spain and India. He believed he needed to travel 3080 nautical miles when in reality the distance was 7131 nautical miles. If the Americas werent in the way, he would have died at sea due to lack of food. Earasthotenes had already calculated the circumference of the earth to one percent, however Christoper Columbus used the values given by Alfraganus, which were not roman miles as he assumed but arabic miles. Along with those mistakes, he made significant geographic errors, stretching Asia out eastwards

Appreciate the Americas for saving him and his innocent shipmates.


@Sory @lexus @Skinnny @Daydreamer @MonCherry @Ireneisbaee @bulletproof @potato​

 

[mirella]

He sure is lucky If only Asia was that close, I wouldn't have to fly 16 hours to Vietnam.
Btw, can I be tagged for future threads?

 

[lexus]

Yikes

 

[Ahsoka]

He sure is lucky If only Asia was that close, I wouldn't have to fly 16 hours to Vietnam.
Btw, can I be tagged for future threads?

Lol I was actually going to ask you today if you wanted to be tagged
Of course

 

[Mayday]

Lovely how he re-paid the Americans by forcing them into Christianity, taking their money, and cutting off their heads!

 

[bulletproof]

So the Planet was too confusing for him