Columbus took the smallest possible assessment of the size of the Earth, in total contradiction to Eratosthenes and most others. He was a crank who got lucky.Originally Posted by keravnos
Re: Why Epirus instead of Illyria?
Columbus took the smallest possible assessment of the size of the Earth, in total contradiction to Eratosthenes and most others. He was a crank who got lucky.Alexandros III of Makedonia was educated by Aristoteles, in my opinion the single best philosopher/scientist that Hellenism produced. One of his works "of Geography" translated into Latin in 1430's has this to say... "Earth is a small place, and it is entirely possible that one can sail around it and can reach the point of origin". Christopher Colombus must have read that. Alexandros III did too.
'you owe it to that famous chick general whose name starts with a B'
OILAM TREBOPALA INDI PORCOM LAEBO INDI INTAM PECINAM ELMETIACUI
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