At the time of Columbus's first voyage in 1492,________.
A) most educated Europeans believed the earth was flat
B) no European nation had any interest in exploration
C) most educated Europeans knew the world was round
D) no one thought he would find anything
E) the Catholic Church condemned this kind of exploration

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By the time of Columbus's first voyage in 1492, most educated Europeans knew that the earth was round. This had been known since ancient times and was widely accepted among educated people in Europe.

At the Time of Columbus's First Voyage in 1492,________