To: Perseverando
“Columbus sailing to India & China by going West? What blocked going East?”
Maybe a wild guess here, but I suspect that the Panama Canal had not been fully completed and certified for ocean-going ships by 1492, and therefore North, Central, and South American kind of stood in Chris’s way to reaching ‘the Orient’.
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08/07/2019 12:05:29 PM PDT by
BobL
(I eat at McDonald's and shop at Walmart - I just don't tell anyone.)
To: BobL
Maybe a wild guess here, but I suspect that the Panama Canal had not been fully completed and certified for ocean-going ships by 1492, and therefore North, Central, and South American kind of stood in Chris’s way to reaching ‘the Orient’.Columbus was an idiot, if he flew it would have been much faster.
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08/07/2019 12:07:58 PM PDT by
1Old Pro
To: BobL
Maybe a wild guess here, but I suspect that the Panama Canal had not been fully completed and certified for ocean-going ships by 1492, and therefore North, Central, and South American kind of stood in Chris’s way to reaching ‘the Orient’.But they didn't know about the North and South American continents. They thought it was a straight shot to 'the Orient'.
8 posted on
08/07/2019 12:14:41 PM PDT by
al_c
(Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
To: BobL
I think they are saying “Why not go around Africa instead”.
The eastern routes were blocked by hostile powers.
12 posted on
08/07/2019 12:22:17 PM PDT by
Unassuaged
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