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How do observations of ships sailing out to sea support the idea of a round earth?
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∙ 14y ago
By the ships disappearing below the horizon
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How do sailing ships provide evidence thatearth is round?
Ships can circle the world by water and end in the spot where they began, proving the Earth must be round to the contrary belief that it was flat.
What is the geocentric model of the solar system and what were some observations that led to that model?
Geo is Greek for Earth, so geocentric means the Earth is at the centre of the Solar System and everything, including the Sun, revolve round the Earth. Observations that led to this - well people see the Sun rise in the east and set in the west. Same with the Moon and planets. So they assumed that the earth was in the middle.
Who invented the first round-the-world sailing ship?
kilikh
Did Columbus want to reach Asia by sailing west or reach Asia by sailing east or discover America or prove that the earth is round?
Columbus, and all educated Europeans of his time, already knew that the Earth was round. That required no voyage for proof. The trade routes to Asia via the east were controlled by the Turks (via land) and the Portuguese (for the sea route, so Columbus proposed sailing west to reach Asia. His problem was that his estimate of the size of the Earth was incorrect, so when he reached land in the Caribbean, and later on the American continent, he knew how far he had sailed and thought he had reached Asia.
What do pitate's do?
The pirates steal and go round sailing looking for treasure
Why did people feel that christopher Columbus's goal to sail west to reach china was not practical?
He sailed west instead of east because he didn't know the existence of North and South America. That's why he bumped into the Americas and thought it was the East Indies. He thought he had found another way, but he really didn't. If he had known about the Americas, he wouldn't have gone that way. He believed that the earth was round and that you could go West to reach India instead of sailing East. Many people did not believe the earth was round or that the earth was so large you couldn't go around it.
How do you say that the earth is round?
umm: "The Earth is round"? ------------------------------------------------ The Earth is not round - it is an oblate spheroid. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- A (slightly) oblate spheroid seems pretty "round" to me.
How does the Suez canal help ships sailing from southwest Asia to Europe?
By shortening the sailing time from Europe to Asia, ships do not have to sail round Africa.
Who stated the earth was round?
Pythagoras stated the earth was round
What are some of Antarctica's activities year round?
Year around, scientists and people who support science, study the health of planet earth.
What was Columbus main reason for sailing the Atlantic?
he want to prove that the world was round and not flat
Does the moon round the sun or the earth?
The moon rotates round the Earth.
