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What, exactly, did Columbus expect to find when he set out across the ocean?

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by: SolomonW - Mon, 11 Oct 2021 08:00 UTC

https://phys.org/news/2021-10-italian-sailors-knew-america-years.html

One point here is that Columbus died thinking that the places he discovered
were close to China.

I will never lie to you.

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