[Straight Vermonter]

Notice how the map is curved upwards at the ends. That tells me that they KNEW the world was round, even before Columbus.........

They knew it for a couple of millennia before Columbus.

[Red Badger]

Yes, ships’ captains certainly knew it, but the average guy on the streets didn’t. The ships’ captains had to of known it in order for their computations for navigation to work properly.........................