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- From: crdunlea@rodan.acs.syr.EDU (Christopher R. Dunlea)
- Subject: Re: Irish Books/U.S. Bookshops
- Message-ID: <1993Jan21.235517.19247@newstand.syr.edu>
- Organization: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY
- References: <1993Jan20.083912.13231@nuscc.nus.sg> <1993Jan21.001000.24460@massey.ac.nz>
- Date: Thu, 21 Jan 93 23:55:17 EST
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- In article <1993Jan21.001000.24460@massey.ac.nz> news@massey.ac.nz (USENET News System) writes:
- >
- > Nope I admit it, I have no idea why, it just doesent make logical sense
- >to try to reach east by going west (try it for yourself and see). AND,
- >mister historian, what makes you so sure that he had no idea he would
- >stumble on a new continent by going west??
- >
- Because he underestimated the circumference of the globe approximately
- by 1/3. His estimates were well short of what contemporaries (who were very
- close to the true figure) knew, and since he NEVER, before the day he died,
- accepted the idea that he found something other than the Indies, it seems
- clear that he had no expectation any other landmasses were in the way.
- Strange, because he was a master sailor and navigator.
-
- >
- >Yes, I suppose you are right. You seem well enough qualified to say it.
- >
- Oo, temper! But if you cannot see historical criticism for what it is,
- you deserve every spoonful of flame.
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- Chris
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