The Columbus flat earth myth

by yung-tortilla

I'm sure when we were all in elementary growing up we all heard the same thing where Christopher Columbus was the only one who thought that the world was round and was mocked for not believing it was flat. However we know that the Greeks were able to figure that out and that Eratosthenes was able to find the circumference of the earth. So where did this original claim of round earth Columbus from?

Georgy_K_Zhukov

This older answer should be of interest for you.