Why was Christopher Columbus's idea to sail due west using only the navigational aids of the astrolabe and dead reckoning so controversial?
A) It defied Christian teachings of the time that supported a flat world created by God.
B) The concern over the loss of a ship that sailed off the end of the world was an economic expense that few would support.
C) Few men were willing to risk life and limb to explore such a vast ocean and its abyss.
D) At the time, the orthodox view was that the westward distance to the Indies was at least 10,000 miles, and so, any crew that sailed that way would perish from thirst and hunger in the middle of the ocean.
E) It was uncharted territory, with no expectation of what lay ahead.
D
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