Americans, were you taught (in school or otherwise) the 'Christopher Columbus set out to prove the earth was round' myth and if so, what years?
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It was being repeated in popular history books such as Manchester's absolutely godawful 'A World Lit Only By Fire' as late as 1992.
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fascinating range here, from people being taught Columbus-as-dickhead in 1970s to people still getting the myth in the 2000s.
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(my mum got genuine World History classes in Sydney in the early 1960s, good teachers have always been a thing)
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Replying to @BeijingPalmer
I got the "prove the world is round" version and still somehow survived into adulthood
10:23 AM - 11 Oct 2021
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