The Geographical Conceptions of Columbus: A Critical Consideration of Four Problems (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

George Emra Nunn

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ISBN 10: 0266567797 ISBN 13: 9780266567790

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

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One of the essential questions which Christopher Columbus was called upon to face in formulating his project for a westward voyage was that of the distance to be traversed between Europe and Asia. The Cir cumference of the globe being taken as the prob lem resolved itself into (i) the calculation of the length of a degree and (2) an estimate of the extension of Asia eastward. The present study is a discussion of the ideas of Columbus on these two points.

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