The Voyages of Columbus 1492-1504

ISBN: 9780880297073

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lands and taraway places Unles??? the prey1 Ig
lnthel5fllcentury??? there attthority~asA st)lie Inhi~
was not always a clear opinion??? which was shared h.~
separation between literary Roman writers such as
inrage and geographical fact. Seneca and Pliny??? the earth s
In the vast uncharted oceans land surface was extreinely
that surrounded the known vast??? and only a narrow sea
land masses - Europe??? Africa??? separated Europe and Asia.
Asia - maybe there really But the Aristotelian view
were fearsome whirlpools??? was directly challenged at the
and giant sea monsters??? and
magnetic reefs that could pull Ancient scholars knew that tile
iron nails out of ships hulls??? world was round??? and so did 15th-
To be sure??? many century Europeans. The r belief
superstitions and myths from was confi)med by classical
earlier ages had already been writings??? and also by experience
discredited. Educated As can be seen from this 15th
Europeans knew that the centtny drawing??? Colt rebus
contemporaries had observed that
world was round??? and they objects \"sink\"over the horizon as
were aware that Portuguese n resuh of the cun??? ature of the
voyagers to the African earth.
tropics had seen many people beginning of the 15 th
and lush vegetation in the century. Renaissance
Torrid Zone which ancient scholars rediscovered the
writers had described as writings of Ptolemy??? the
uninhabitable. Greek astronomer and
Still??? most of the earth s geographer who lived in the
geography??? and even the 2nd century A.O. His treatise
precise outlines of Europe on geography was translated
itself??? was a mystery in the into Latin??? the universal
15th century. Most \"experts\" language of the time??? and his
based their view of the world ideas - and the ideas of his
on the opinions of Greek and Arab sources - became
widely known. According to
15th-ceotury Portuguese sailors Ptolemy??? the earth s surface
expanded the horizons of the
koown world??? but the Ocean was was equally divided between
still a great mystery. Many people land and water??? and his
believed that monstrous creatures??? followers believed that a vast???
like the one pictured below??? hu ked impassable ocean extended
in its uncharted depths??? westwards from Europe to
the Far East.
Columbus questioned the
teachings of Ptolemy. He
believed the ocean could be
crossed. But neither he??? nor
Aristotle??? nor Ptolemy
guessed a huge undiscovered
continent lay between
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