Timeline for Could Columbus have suspected the New World lay on his path to India? [closed]
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| Mar 3, 2016 at 12:29 | vote | accept | zefciu | ||
| Dec 30, 2013 at 9:04 | comment | added | o0'. | @EugeneSeidel 10% for such a thing is a lot. | |
| Sep 13, 2013 at 13:51 | comment | added | Lennart Regebro | The question "could he have suspected" is a resounding "yes". He could. He probably didn't. But that's a pretty silly question. The question also seems to really be "was he lying" which of course in not answerable. Voting to keep closed. | |
| Sep 12, 2013 at 7:22 | comment | added | Eugene Seidel | To reopen this question, I suggest that the following information be added: (1) Someone in ancient Greece calculated the circumference of the earth to within, I don't quite remember, ten percent accuracy; (2) this information was known in 15th-century Spain; (3) How did Columbus expect to travel so far with limited provisions; (4) How did he react to the much sooner than expected landfall. At least (1) and (2) must be added. | |
| Sep 12, 2013 at 5:32 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Apr 18, 2013 at 8:39 | comment | added | zefciu | It is not unplausible that he made an error. It is unplausible that he didn't have it corrected. | |
| Apr 17, 2013 at 22:29 | comment | added | Steven Drennon | Sorry, but I don't see any way that this question could be answered without speculating. I agree that it would be a better fit for Skeptics.SE. | |
| Apr 17, 2013 at 18:37 | comment | added | New Alexandria | Again, recommended for Skeptics.SE | |
| Apr 17, 2013 at 18:28 | comment | added | MCW♦ | I'm sympathetic to re-opening, but not without evidence. Otherwise it is random speculation. Why is it implausible that Columbus made an error? | |
| Apr 17, 2013 at 17:42 | review | Reopen votes | |||
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| Apr 17, 2013 at 17:28 | comment | added | Felix Goldberg | I edited the title, according to @RISwampYankee 's suggestion and also edited the keywords a bit. I think the question can be opened with the new neutral title. | |
| Apr 17, 2013 at 17:27 | history | edited | Felix Goldberg | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
edited tags; edited title
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| Apr 17, 2013 at 16:41 | comment | added | RI Swamp Yankee | This is actually an interesting question, that needs better phrasing - "Could Columbus have suspected the New World lay on his path to India?" The answer is, actually, "Maybe, but probably not" and involves a survey of Renaissance Italy, Basque, Irish, Scandanavian and African culture, and how well they cross-polinated, if at all. | |
| Apr 17, 2013 at 15:59 | history | closed |
MCW♦ Luke_0 Tom Au choster DVK |
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| Apr 17, 2013 at 15:23 | answer | added | Felix Goldberg | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 17, 2013 at 15:21 | comment | added | Darek Wędrychowski | In order to make it possible, one of three things would have to happen. Columbus being a time traveler, having close encounter with representatives of some alien form of life or having a vision from God himself. This way either the reliable sources on that matter 1) weren't written yet, as the case will start in the future, 2) are kept in some kind of Galactic Library, written in the language most probably not available for us 3) need to be taken at faith, or are kept in Vatican, which would be the easiest, especially that there's an American resident recently. | |
| Apr 17, 2013 at 14:35 | review | Close votes | |||
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| Apr 17, 2013 at 14:28 | comment | added | Luke_0 | This question might be on-topic at Skeptics.SE. | |
| Apr 17, 2013 at 14:21 | comment | added | MCW♦ | Vote to close; unless there is some evidence, this is counterfactual pseudoscience. Is there a possibility that Columbus lied? Yes. But if you assume that he knew about the existence of the America's and rather than publishing his knowledge he conspired to take a risky ocean voyage, then you enter the realm of pseudohistory. | |
| Apr 17, 2013 at 13:38 | history | asked | zefciu | CC BY-SA 3.0 |