Patricia Seed Quotes on World (2 Quotes)

It is true that a lot of ordinary people thought the world was flat. But in Portugal where Columbus trained as a sailor the first thing that they did was a little demonstration to prove that the Earth was round. All of the scientists and intellectuals believed that the Earth was round.

In a sense, we remember him because he's a guy that made a mistake but had good luck, ... Ceremonies of Possession in Europe's Conquest of the New World.