The Realization That Earth Was a Sphere

question 63

Multiple Choice

The realization that Earth was a sphere

• A)did not occur in Europe until the first voyages of Columbus.
• B)had to wait until the modern era (1800s).
• C)was first made by Pythagoras,580-500 B.C.
• D)was made by Isaac Newton.
• E)meant that maps could not be produced accurately.

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