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

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Columbus underestimated the size of the Earth, believing it was smaller than it actually is, which led him to think he could reach Asia by sailing west.