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TOSCANELLI MAP AND CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

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Toscanelli map and the plan to sail west to reach the Spice Islands that inspired Columbus

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TOSCANELLI MAP AND CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS

Toscanelli map and the plan to sail west to reach the Spice Islands that inspired Columbus

Alfonso Poza
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Portuguese west Genoese Japan misguided astronomer continent Columbus Spice

The Florentine mathematician , and cosmographer Paolo dal Pozzo Toscanelli ( 1397 - 1482 ) is probably best remembered for his proposal in 1474 to the court of a scheme to sail as a shortcut to reach the Islands in the east . Toscanelli never made it across the ocean , but his proposal inspired , who took Toscanelli ? s map with him on his first transatlantic voyage in 1492 . This map shows how the navigator was not only inspired by Toscanelli , but also by his underestimation of the Earth ? s circumference . The error led Columbus to think he had reached Cipangu ( ) instead of a new , unknown lying in between Europe and Asia .