What error in reasoning or calculation led Columbus to believe that Asia could be reached by a short sea voyage?
A) He believed that the Asian continent lay to the west of Europe.
B) He miscalculated the distance from Europe to Asia by 7,000 miles.
C) He thought that friendly inhabitants living on intervening continents would lend
assistance to European explorers.
D) He knew that the earth is round.
E) He reasoned that a water route through or around new continents existed.
B
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