Columbus and Lines of Latitude and Longitude

Columbus discovered the Eastern Route to the Indies.

The Indies, known as the [blank_start]land of the Riches[blank_end], (consisting of [blank_start]China, Japan, Persia, India[blank_end], and [blank_start]Southeast Asia[blank_end]) were so enticing due to all the [blank_start]goods[blank_end] such as [blank_start]silk, spices, and gold[blank_end] that was found there.

Columbus' motivation for finding a sea route to the Indies was that if he found a sea route to the Indies in a [blank_start]more faster, inexpensive way[blank_end], he would get a [blank_start]larger profit[blank_end]. Doing this continiously would make him the [blank_start]wealthiest man,[blank_end] was his thinking.

The scientific evidence that Colombus knew that the Earth was round was that during his voyages, [blank_start]islands would pop up[blank_end]. If the earth were flat, [blank_start]it wouldn't have just popped up[blank_end]. Instead, he would have seen the [blank_start]island from afar[blank_end].

Columbus argued with the professor's about

Columbus felt that the Earth was only 30,000 kilometers around.

The scholars argued with Columbus that the earth was [blank_start]38,000 kilometers[blank_end] around, making [blank_start]his trip last 3 months[blank_end].

The first island Columbus reached were the [blank_start]Canary Islands[blank_end], which was part of the [blank_start]Bahamas[blank_end].

Columbus was lucky that they landed on the [blank_start]Bahamas[blank_end] because if he had not, he and his crew would have [blank_start]died out of thirst and hunger.[blank_end]

What year did Bartholomeu find the route to the Indies?

They had no idea that North America, South America, Central America, or the Caribbean Islands existed. They thought that the great Ocean Sea to the west of Portugal extended West an undetermined distance.

In 1492, Columbus and his crew set sail in three tiny boats....

Lines of longitude begin at the [blank_start]Prime Meridian[blank_end]. (0 degrees) Lines of latitude run [blank_start]north and south.[blank_end]

The equator is the [blank_start]frame of reference[blank_end] for the latitude line.

Line of latitude are numbered from [blank_start]0 degrees[blank_end] at the equator to [blank_start]90 degrees[blank_end] N.L. at the North Pole.

Latitude lines run [blank_start]east/west[blank_end] but they measure north or south of the equator (0 degrees) splitting the earth into the northern hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

Line of longitude are numbered from [blank_start]0 degrees[blank_end] at the equator to [blank_start]180 degrees[blank_end]