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Christopher Columbus Persuasive Essay

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Christopher Columbus was an Italian traveler, but he was also known for discovering that the Earth was not flat but round. From NASA it states “When Christopher Columbus proposed to reach India by sailing west from Spain, he too knew that the Earth was round. Sometimes the claim is made that those who opposed Columbus thought the Earth was flat, but that wasn't the case at all.” Columbus’s discovery has made a huge impact on how astronomers view the Earth because, without knowing that the Earth was round we wouldn’t know why day and night occur. In short his discovery is a very important reason for why NASA should still be federally funded because not only did he prove the Earth was round, but he proved why we have day and night, why we
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