Actually, even more than people wanting to have been 'first,' I get really grumpy that students are still taught that Columbus was even a little innovative for thinking the world was round. Any educated European knew the world was round. Columbus thought the world was about 66% of its actual size. This put Japan about where the Carribean is.
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Date: 2006-01-14 10:49 pm (UTC)