Columbus - Ship Approaching Land Acrylic Print

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By the 5th century B.C., Greek astronomers and mathematicians realized the earth was spherical in shape. Several centuries later, a mathematician named Eratosthenes calculated a surprisingly accurate circumference of the earth, but his discoveries were overshadowed by Ptolemy, an Egyptian mathematician of the 2nd century B.C. whose observations of astronomy and geography guided scientific thought until the 16th century. Experienced mariners such as Columbus followed Ptolemy's dictums, but his ancient miscalculations of the earth's circumference made land masses appear much closer by sea than they actually were. Despite some popular legends, few sailors of Columbus's day believed the world was flat. When mutinous rumblings echoed below the decks of his ships, Columbus knew it was not fear of falling off the edge of the world that roused his crews' ire -- it was fear of the wind. The caravels, built to sail into the wind, had never before carried sailors so far from home. Could these stu...