![]() We won’t go into the actual history of Columbus because he wasn’t exactly a saint (if you haven’t noticed, there is a reason why we don’t celebrate Columbus Day anymore). Irving is also responsible for the idea that Columbus discovered America and actually landed on America as we know it, when actually most of his sailing was done in the Canary Islands and he never even landed in North America. Irving is responsible for inventing that image of Columbus as a simple mariner in front of a dark crowd of inquisitors and theologians who apparently thought that the world was flat. Many people mistook the novel to be an actual historical account of Christopher Columbus. Irving is also known for starting certain myths about Santa Claus, but we won’t get into that. This myth began because of Washington Irving’s fantasy titled “The Life and Voyage of Christopher Columbus,” published in 1828. ![]() There is no historical evidence to suggest this at all. ![]() I actually learned this (though not surprisingly, since I did go to public school) but unfortunately this is inaccurate. Some textbooks actually say that Christopher Columbus thought that he would sail off the edge of the Earth. There has also been a myth circulating around that Christopher Columbus thought he was going to sail right off the edge of the Earth. We’ve all heard it before: “A long time ago people thought the Earth was flat.” Usually people are referring to the middle ages or around the time of Galileo, Keplar and Copernicus.
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