Columbus crossed the ocean and discovered a continent he thought was Asia. He was not disproving the Bible.

There are those (including President Obama) who still believe that Columbus was disputing the orthodox view, especially that of the Catholic Church, which held that the world was flat, like a disc. But that is not what history tells us. On August 3, 1492, when the Santa Maria and two other ships set sail from Paola de la Frontera heading f