The Realization That Earth Was a Sphere

question 89

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.

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