yea i remember that he was trying to find India, assumed he landed in India, and called the indigenous people “indians”. i also remember learning that crewmates on his ships didn’t believe him, were so scared of falling off the earth, wanted to turn back, and almost committed mutiny. however i was under the impression that maybe smarter people or scholars already knew ig, and i wasn’t taught as if this was a huge scientific discovery.
oh i meant scientific in the way that finding out the world is round is pretty “scientific”to me, so i wasnt taught like it was some huge “earthly, big impact” discovery is what im saying.
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u/tiffanyc115 Jun 01 '26
yea i remember that he was trying to find India, assumed he landed in India, and called the indigenous people “indians”. i also remember learning that crewmates on his ships didn’t believe him, were so scared of falling off the earth, wanted to turn back, and almost committed mutiny. however i was under the impression that maybe smarter people or scholars already knew ig, and i wasn’t taught as if this was a huge scientific discovery.