Some of the contemporaries of Columbus thought a round earth preposterous. Others came near putting Galileo to death for his astronomical heresies. (AA, pg 51)
On another note, the "Big Book" also fails miserably in that the writers insist on referring to apochryph and other discredited nonsense.
Columbus and his contemporaries were fully aware that the world was round. Why else would the royal house of Castille-Leon have bankrolled three huge galleons to travel half-way around the world?
Honestly, anyone with any sense will demand better treatment of the facts
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