Chaunceys wrote:Camicon wrote:Actually (as far as we can tell), Aristotle was the first to give solid evidence that the Earth is round, and the Earth's circumference was calculated by Eratosthenes around 240 BCE. Sailors may have been the first to suggest it, by observing the different horizons one could see depending on if they were in the crows nest or not, but it would be a stretch to say sailors "discovered" the Earth was round.
I agree, I phrased what I said incorrectly, i'll re-phrase it.
Sailors played a somewhat major role in the discovery of the Earth being round.
The sailors only confirmed what the bible said to be true


