The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
- The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
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name = The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus
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author = Washington Irving
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country = United States
language = English
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genre = Historical novel
publisher = John Murray (UK) G. & C. Carvill (USA)
release_date = 1838
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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isbn = NA
preceded_by = "Tales of a Traveller"
followed_by = "The Chronicles of the Conquest of Granada"
"The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus" is a novel about Christopher Columbus written by Washington Irving in 1838. While the book is often cited as a biography, it is primarily a work of fiction. [ [http://www.answersingenesis.org/creation/v16/i2/flatearth.asp "Who invented the flat earth?"; answersingenesis.org] ] [ [http://www.ethicalatheist.com/docs/flat_earth_myth_ch4.html "The Flat Earth: A Detailed Study of Personal Bias and Historical Thinking"; ethicalatheist.com] ] In this book, Irving writes that the voyages of Columbus finally convinced Europeans of his time that the Earth is not flat. In truth, no educated or influential member of medieval society believed the Earth to be flat. The idea of a spherical Earth had long been espoused in the classical tradition and was inherited by medieval academics.
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