Christopher Columbus
A) was a man of little ambition.
B) thought the world was much smaller than it is in reality.
C) believed that Asia could only be reached by sailing east.
D) was trained as a sailor through his long service to Italy.
E) believed the Americas consisted of a few islands.

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Columbus significantly underestimated the Earth's circumference, believing it to be much smaller and thus thinking Asia could be reached quickly by sailing west from Europe.