10/12/2026
Christopher Columbus arrived in the new world by accident. He miscalculated the size of Earth and was trying to avoid heavy taxes set by Asia at the time to sail the traditional routes.
Christopher Columbus was a believer in a round Earth, at the time was seen as ridiculous.
One person wrote, "Is there anyone so foolish as to believe that there are antipodes with their feet opposite to ours ; people who walk with their heels upward and their heads hanging down that there is a part of the world in which all things are topsy-turvy ; where the trees grow with their branches downward, and where it rains, hails, and snows upward?" -Lactantius